"Main Street" Update
I asked a retired History/Government professor (my sister's father-in-law) to define Main Street America and this is his reply:
"The press uses the phrase "Main Street America" inaccurately now. It used to be that on "Main Street" of most towns you had the local businesses, banks. There were no malls, Wal-Marts, etc." These were mostly people who didn't have heavy investments in stocks, (especially Wall Street which has a negative connotation for most people because of the Great Depression). This is no longer true because when you walk down "Main Street" now, you don't have just local businesses. You have national and international chains. He also thinks the media did a disservice by labeling the efforts to get out of the financial mess we're in as a "Bail Out". No wonder most people are so opposed to it. No one likes the idea of bailing out someone or some corporation. It would be impossible to determine the exact origin of both these terms, but most likely, it was someone in the media."
I think the term is being used for "non-Main Street America" to appear in touch with the average American.
I asked a retired History/Government professor (my sister's father-in-law) to define Main Street America and this is his reply:
"The press uses the phrase "Main Street America" inaccurately now. It used to be that on "Main Street" of most towns you had the local businesses, banks. There were no malls, Wal-Marts, etc." These were mostly people who didn't have heavy investments in stocks, (especially Wall Street which has a negative connotation for most people because of the Great Depression). This is no longer true because when you walk down "Main Street" now, you don't have just local businesses. You have national and international chains. He also thinks the media did a disservice by labeling the efforts to get out of the financial mess we're in as a "Bail Out". No wonder most people are so opposed to it. No one likes the idea of bailing out someone or some corporation. It would be impossible to determine the exact origin of both these terms, but most likely, it was someone in the media."
I think the term is being used for "non-Main Street America" to appear in touch with the average American.
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