I can't believe this show has been out for a year and I'm just finding out about it now.
On the right is Carrie Brownstein from a non-local band I love, Sleater-Kinney. On the left is Fred Armisen from Saturday Night Live. In the middle is a local actress.
I know it's about Portland Oregon, but all the characters would be right at home in Portland Maine.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
I'm going to ask you just one more time. And it's local?
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As silly as the locavore movement is sometimes, I do think that people get real economic value out of backstories. Look at it this way: what if I offered to give you a discount on your meal if I could, while you ate, explain the horrific factory farm conditions, etc. that brought it to your plate? It's also why I think some soft, voluntary "buy local"ism is OK: the extra paid to local merchants is in exchange for a sense of community and the release of (irrational) guilt. In pure economics terms, this has no value--everyone should shop online for everything as cheaply as possible--, but in the real world it's OK to pay to feel good sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSteve, you have a great point in there, that aesthetics matter to people. I wrote about the same scenario back in June:
ReplyDeletewww.younghipandconservative.com/2011/06/best-reason-to-buy-local.html