PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:

Most people are apparently dimwitted, and when you post “bank” or “mattress store” as a reply to the inevitable “What is being built by the old ____?” posts on local Facebook groups or Nextdoor, they have no idea you are joking.

Let’s, as a society, start providing real information. Usually, it is easy to obtain through a search of township meeting minutes or real estate development sites.

There is no need to speculate that it is Target.

There is no need to tell everyone it is a Dollar General or strip club when it is not.

There is no need to pine for Hills, Kmart, Zayre, Woolworth, Murphy’s Mart, or some other long-gone department store.

If you don’t know, keep scrolling.

If you do know, please post evidence (in the form of a link to concrete proof) to back up the claim.

Also, as an addendum…

• Starbucks and Chick-fil-A do not promote unwarranted amounts of traffic. Chick-fil-A is more efficient at directing traffic than the national, state, and local government.
• No one cares about township lines. In southwestern Pennsylvania, a building can reside in a township, but have a physical address with a zip code in another town. Any reasonable person will know which one you are talking about by referencing either of these locales. There is no need to point out the difference.

Did we all get that? Am I missing anything? Hit me up in the comments.