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Re: 'The crumbling of Main Street shops' [Letter, Village News, 12/9/10]

I read Mr. Sommers’ article with great interest. I am a former Fallbrookian (17 years) and found a fair amount of truth in it.

During our years in Fallbrook, we attempted to shop “downtown,” but much to our chagrin, the shops were closed on the weekends. I don’t recall a single weekend when the local shops were open. We shopped Fallbrook for a few items but always found the prices were inflated as one could travel to the WalMarts, K-Marts and beat the local prices.

I attended a community roundtable years ago for this very same issue. Input was taken from the local citizenry in terms of how to...

 

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