First the good news: In our first poll only two people voted. Last week we asked readers a simple question relating to Carlsbad’s plethora of antique stores and we saw the participation rate increase by 400% to a whopping eight voters. We’re guessing that means we’re at about a 100 percent reader voting rate. Which is great. Here are the results:
38% said the antique stores are “a direct reflection of those who visit Carlsbad”
25% said the shops “add to Carlsbad’s small town flavor
25% said they are “a blight that should be eradicated
13% said the places are “junking up downtown”
In hindsight it looks like we top loaded the negative answers when we created the poll, however, the majority believes (as we do) that retail space is a direct reflection of the kind of people who are shopping in the area. In other words, the shops wouldn’t be there is no one wanted to buy junk.
Which brings us our new question: What does Carlsbad need to attract more tourists. Look over to the right hand column for the new poll. And please vote. We’d like to continue our triple digit growth.
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