SuperSinger Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 what do you think of my newest idea: move to a small town in North Carolina, one in which there are not yet big corporations, and start my own video rental place? I figure if I go somewhere without blockbusters and hollywood videos, then I could flourish...AND.... not just ANY rental place. See, I have an idea that is above and beyond any other video store... my video store will have (are you ready)... a drivethrough! Then, if you know exactly what you want to rent without needing to browse, you go to the drivethrough and get it... you could even call ahead and order a video for pickup! Link to post Share on other sites
Alya Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 combine it with a pizza and wings place and you're golden. Link to post Share on other sites
-V- Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 That sounds like it would have to worry about competeing with netflix more then blockbuster. But the food would be too much hassle. Health codes and such would make it too hard to run the place. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 He's not going to make food--just have it so you can drive-through an dpick up what you want video-wise. Why NC? Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 He's not going to make food--just have it so you can drive-through an dpick up what you want video-wise.Why NC? Cate exactly. and North Carolina, because I want to move there so badly. After reading how beautiful it is in Nicholas Sparks books, I want to go there and experience it first hand (plus I've never been to a beach, and I think beaches are the best looking landscape ever.) Link to post Share on other sites
-V- Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I was responding to Alya about the food. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 V: Ah. Supersinger: Well, I live here and let me tell you--a Nicholas Sparks book it ain't. Unless you're going to move to the mountains...but those are 12 hours drive from the beach. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
VivreEstEsperer Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 A drive thru video store...that's a great idea! :) Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 V: Ah.Supersinger: Well, I live here and let me tell you--a Nicholas Sparks book it ain't. Unless you're going to move to the mountains...but those are 12 hours drive from the beach. Cate what's so wrong with it? I think it would be GREAT to live near a beach... and Nicholas Sparks make it sound so freaking beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Well, he's exagerrating. We have trees and, yes, the ocean, but mostly it's really ugly here. Just strip malls, fast food chains and gun clubs. You'd have to really go somewhere untouched by commercialism, and they'd still have the gun clubs, I'm sure. It's fucking depressing. I drive around and wonder what the celebrities who come here to film movies think. It's a shit hole, pardon my French. And it looks like most of the NC coastal towns I've seen. Sorry to burst your bubble, but really, it's hideous. Then again, the world Nicholas Sparks writes about isn't like reality anyway... Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 28, 2004 Author Share Posted December 28, 2004 Well, he's exagerrating. We have trees and, yes, the ocean, but mostly it's really ugly here. Just strip malls, fast food chains and gun clubs. You'd have to really go somewhere untouched by commercialism, and they'd still have the gun clubs, I'm sure. It's fucking depressing. I drive around and wonder what the celebrities who come here to film movies think. It's a shit hole, pardon my French. And it looks like most of the NC coastal towns I've seen. Sorry to burst your bubble, but really, it's hideous. Then again, the world Nicholas Sparks writes about isn't like reality anyway...Cate bullcrap it's not... I relate to his writing so much. Link to post Share on other sites
VivreEstEsperer Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 the problem with living near an ocean, or even on a lake, is that you get *used* to it, like anything else, and you forget how great it is (if indeed you had thought it was great), and it just becomes part of the scenery... my stepmom lives on a lake, it's a beautiful spot and before my dad moved there I had thought to myself on many an occasion that the place was so beautiful, I couldn't possibly have any problems if I lived there, all I'd have to do was look out on the lake and they'd just kind of melt away... but fast forward a few years into the future, and yes, it's still beautiful, when you take the time and effort to think of it that way, but more often than not, it's just *there* and you forget about how nice it really is and just get overwhelmed by your poblems and all... All that to say that it's great to have something to want, to hope for - we all need that. But too often in real life they don't live up to what you hoped for. Link to post Share on other sites
yam Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 i'm in nc too. i haven't spent much time at nc beaches but they, like most other coastal areas, tend to be pretty heavily populated and have chain movie stores like the kind you'd like to start. the rental store in the small town in arkansas where i lived did pretty well but there also wasn't another for 30 miles and couldn't have competed with a chain because it just couldn't carry as many movies. my suggestion would be to move to nc, open a bilingual movie rental place (nc has seen a 300% increase in its latino population over the last few years) in a rural area (siler city) and you'd probably do pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I just have a thing about Nicholas Sparks anyway, but whatever. He's a nice guy. Regardless of Mr Sparks' writing ability, coastal NC is still one craphole town after another. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 cate... what is your "thing" with Nicholas Sparks? Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 His books are trite and he's not the greatest writer in the artistic sense. But at least he's not an asshole. That counts for a LOT. There are other predictable, mediocre writers out there who are huge jerks. Sparks' fans are always just rabid over his books, though. It never ceases to amaze me. Then again, I'm endlessly surprised by what most people call literature. Yeah, I'm a Harry Potter fan, but I'd never call it great art. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 29, 2004 Author Share Posted December 29, 2004 well... Sparks is my absolutely favorite author (I hold him even in *slightly* higher reguard than Stephen King). I think his books are magnificent. Out of everything I've read (and I've read a LOT), I think his stuff is easily the best stuff around. On the other hand... I'm also a HUGE fan of Dawson's Creek. I think Dawson's Creek is the greatest show ever created. So, I guess it's just that genre that encompases Dawson's Creek and Nicholas Sparks'books that appeals greatly to me. Link to post Share on other sites
The Evil Cashew Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 jsut one thing what happens if a person goes through the drive thru and the movie they wanted is all out? i hope u keep lots! i go to rental places alot and they never have what i want in :cry: ~Cashew Link to post Share on other sites
-V- Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I think he said you'd have to call ahead so they could get it ready for you. Link to post Share on other sites
(SP) Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 , but mostly it's really ugly here. Just strip malls, fast food chains and gun clubs. So basically, it's like everywhere. Or if not everywhere yet, then everywhere in at least about 10 years[/cynicism] Link to post Share on other sites
wombat Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Well...if you ever visit Asheville....in the school time... I go to warren wilson college (until may) And will gladly put you up! Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 Well...if you ever visit Asheville....in the school time...I go to warren wilson college (until may) And will gladly put you up! really? That's awesome! Thanks for the offer! Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 , but mostly it's really ugly here. Just strip malls, fast food chains and gun clubs. So basically, it's like everywhere. Or if not everywhere yet, then everywhere in at least about 10 years[/cynicism] Precisely. And Asheville is in the mountains, just FYI Supersinger. GOD! Dawsons CREEK?! The kids were sweet in person, but, again, that show wasn't based in reality, either. If that's what you think you'd find here save yourself the trip, really. And they only showed the picturesque bits of Wilmington. (It's where I live.) You should watch One Tree Hill they film that here, as well, and it's the same concept as DC. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 Dawson's Creek is totally reality! That's why I loved it so much. I connected with that show SO VERY VERY MUCH! I have gone through most of the same stuff that the characters of Dawson's Creek went through. For me, that show couldn't be closer to reality. Link to post Share on other sites
YP Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Ah, this brings back memories, I went to North Carolina for a semester as an exchange programme during my degree. I'd never realised how damn wide the state was until I went to the beach one weekend and the mountains the next. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Dawson's Creek is totally reality! That's why I loved it so much. I connected with that show SO VERY VERY MUCH! I have gone through most of the same stuff that the characters of Dawson's Creek went through. For me, that show couldn't be closer to reality. What high school did you go to? Where everyone was acne free, relatively nice to one another and ...oh yeah...25. And, yes, YP, the state is wiiiiiiiiiiide. And uuuugggglllllyyyyyy. I hear we have nice trees over by the Biltmore estate. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 the actor's ages has nothing to do with the characters. I think I've either lived or know somebody who's lived each DC story line! Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 oh, and the vast majority of my high school were uber attractive people.. there were very few of us who weren't. Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Well, you're going to be sorely disappointed if that's what you think most people here look like, that's all I'm saying. This is not Dawsons Creek. Nor Nicholas Sparks' land. And I've not seen anywhere in NC that is and I've lived here my entire life. Cate Link to post Share on other sites
SuperSinger Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 what do LOOKS have to do with anything anyway!? Link to post Share on other sites
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