Hasta La Ideas

The Wall Street Journal has a disheartening article up reporting on the decline and planned closings of many U.S. Post Offices. For us cityfolk they’re a dime a dozen, but for many rural areas the post office is their main link to the outside world and even serves as a social hub in some communities. The steady reduction in branches will affect everything from mail-order shopping to eBay and even the delivery of medical supplies.

I predict it will also awaken the war-profiteering instincts of antique dealers and furniture resellers, who will make a run on these locations. It won’t be long before you’ll start seeing “Classic post office furniture” postings popping up on a (rural) Craigslist near you….

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