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Depends on what you mean by "decent bookstore."
BN and Borders have only been here since the early and mid-90s. Before that, we had mall bookstores and a couple of tiny independents.
Decent, as in BnN/Borders, where you have a large selection, most mags, chairs, internet, and without someone who's life depends on sales screaming THIS ISN'T A LIBRARY! I want mainly magazines any way and TOWER RECORDS was really good for that.
Last edited by Ron Whitfield; May 18, 2013, 10:52 AM.
Decent, as in BnN/Borders, where you have a large selection, most mags, chairs, internet, and without someone who's life depends on sales screaming THIS ISN'T A LIBRARY! I want mainly magazines any way and TOWER RECORDS was really good for that.
So by your definition, life in Honolulu was "third-world"-like before 1992?
But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza) GrouchyTeacher.com
All we need now is for Bloomingdales to move into Ala Moana.....
Who'd have thought that? About gone are the days of doing ohana Christmas shopping at Ala Moana.
Tools for Dad from Sears. Muumuu for Mom from Liberty House. Stocking stuffers for the kids from Woolworths. sigh.
Now run along and play, but don’t get into trouble.
So by your definition, life in Honolulu was "third-world"-like before 1992?
Wasn't TOWER there before '92? Regardless, Hawaii does 3rd world well, but business wise it's poor. The way we've been so slow to adapt to basic technology, like up to date internet speed, leaves us gagging in '13. Some 3rd worlders probably have had large book stores and fast net for years, maybe we're 4th world?
Some 3rd worlders probably have had large book stores and fast net for years, maybe we're 4th world?
Unlikely. As you know, there's no such thing. First World nations, in their orignal use, were the United States and its allies. Second World nations were the Soviet Union and its allies. Third World nations were the sorta unallied nations, I suppose the ones so poor in resources that they had little to offer either Superpower. The usage of First and Second World has fallen by the wayside, while "Third World" has come simply to mean impoverished or undeveloped, a remnant of the Cold War that's kind of sad to ponder.
So yeah. You could call it Fourth World, but you'd be coining a phrase, I guess.
But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza) GrouchyTeacher.com
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