http://www.vagablogging.net/why-the-world-needs-vendors.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:14:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.vagablogging.net/why-the-world-needs-vendors.html/comment-page-1#comment-29454 Tom Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:10:30 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6343#comment-29454 I agree! Vendors bring life and color to a local area. i liken vendors to treasure hunts, you never know what you're going to find at the next one. I believe that downtown market areas for vendors should be encouraged in any small or large city! I agree! Vendors bring life and color to a local area. i liken vendors to treasure hunts, you never know what you’re going to find at the next one. I believe that downtown market areas for vendors should be encouraged in any small or large city!

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/why-the-world-needs-vendors.html/comment-page-1#comment-29284 Brett Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:41:32 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6343#comment-29284 Hm, yeah, maybe 'ambassador' has too positive a connotation, failing to reflect the daily strife and sacrifice of this line of survival. Hm, yeah, maybe ‘ambassador’ has too positive a connotation, failing to reflect the daily strife and sacrifice of this line of survival.

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/why-the-world-needs-vendors.html/comment-page-1#comment-29253 Paul Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:44:33 +0000 http://www.vagablogging.net/?p=6343#comment-29253 I am pretty sure, in India, they don't even know what vending is. In some countries ( including Russia) street vending is a means of surviving for a lot of people ( and has nothing to do with being "an ambassador"). And you are right, they are "the face of the city". The sad, ugly, pitiful face. Old grandmothers selling plastic bags and flower seeds, war veterans selling their medals, street hustlers selling just jacked goods... There is a reason we are not that liberal about street vendors in US. We don't want to show our face... I am pretty sure, in India, they don’t even know what vending is. In some countries ( including Russia) street vending is a means of surviving for a lot of people ( and has nothing to do with being “an ambassador”). And you are right, they are “the face of the city”. The sad, ugly, pitiful face. Old grandmothers selling plastic bags and flower seeds, war veterans selling their medals, street hustlers selling just jacked goods…
There is a reason we are not that liberal about street vendors in US. We don’t want to show our face…

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