A growing, vibrant university has a great impact on a town. My older colleagues still remember how there were no clothing or grocery stores in the area and one had to drive forever to go shopping.
Now that our university is flourishing, we get new civilizational advances grace our tiny town on a regular basis. On this photo, you can see a coffee-shop that opened right next to my house. This is a very modern place where over 20 varieties of teas are brewed. I haven’t tried their snacks yet but from the description, they sound healthy and interesting.
Who needs Montreal when I can go to a real cafe with my book right here? The absence of coffee-shops where one could just hang out reading and blogging without having to travel all the way to some mall is what always bugged me here in the Midwest, especially in tiny towns. And now we have ourselves some real civilization, too!
The cafe looks empty on the photo but actually it’s surprisingly full for a place that just opened. I had to wait for a chance to take a picture without bothering any customers.
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