Do you spend any $$$ in Middletown?

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   Since Middletown is such a BAD place to live/shop/work,,,,where do you spend your $$$$?

groceries, gas, stamps, shipping, clothing, eating out, drug stores, oil changes, business help, CPA, doctors,

car repair,,,,,,,the list goes on.

You get the idea. Do you spend any of your money in Middletown.??

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MadisonMom Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Citizen Joined: Dec 09 2008 Location: MadisonTownship Status: Offline Points: 298	Post Options Post Reply Quote MadisonMom Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Do you spend any $$$ in Middletown? Posted: Apr 09 2009 at 11:50pm
	Since Middletown is such a BAD place to live/shop/work,,,,where do you spend your $$$$? groceries, gas, stamps, shipping, clothing, eating out, drug stores, oil changes, business help, CPA, doctors, car repair,,,,,,,the list goes on. You get the idea. Do you spend any of your money in Middletown.??

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Apr 10 2009 at 8:54am
	MM- Yep! Car repairs at Mieneke. Oil changes at Jiffy Lube. Groceries at Wal-Mart, Meiers, Kroger and Save-A-Lot.(depends on who has what on sale) Gas at the Marathon on Coles/Rt.25, unless I'm low on gas- then at the Sunoco at 123 and I-75 on my way to and from work in Dayton. I could spend all day in Lowe's, my favorite store. Doctors at Family Physicians by the high school and the wife's cardiologist by the old hospital. Sears for appliances or tools. Eating out at the fast food rows on Briel and Verity. We try to keep it in Middletown unless what we are looking for isn't available here. Rarely go to Cincy to shop. May go to the Dayton Mall once a year. We could have moved to any town around here when we returned in 2005 from Tucson, but we came back to Midd. As bad as it may seem folks, it's still far from being the worst place to live. It just needs a little purge of the pipes, some new direction ideas, buy-in from the citizens and some time to repair the damage to get the engine going again.

scrapmonkey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Mar 18 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 66	Post Options Post Reply Quote scrapmonkey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Apr 10 2009 at 10:09pm
	For minor things I spend in town. Our normal shopping takes place in Dayton usually. With Towne Mall declining so bad there is no good shopping until the Monroe mall is up and running. We use Walmart & Lowes about it.
	scrapmonkey "Civilization begins with order,grows with liberty,and dies with chaos"~Will Duran

randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Jan 13 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1586	Post Options Post Reply Quote randy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Apr 15 2009 at 10:54am
	I live near downtown and pretty much spend all my money in Middletown: from shopping at Dillmans to Wal-mart ,car repairs on Elliot Dr. I have lived in this town all my life and so has most of my family. I went to old Jefferson elementary school and Vail then the high school. I bet 90%of all the money I have ever spent has been in Middletown. Its sad see the town i love go down the drain and I hope come november things can turn around

Mike_Presta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_Presta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Apr 17 2009 at 4:56am
	We spend as much locally as possible. Nearly all of our grocery shopping is done in Middletown, including the locally owned stores when possible. We eat a lot of take-out, all purchased locally, (and would recommend Dillman's breaded pork chops, but it's already difficult to get there before they are "sold out", so I won't recommend them ). We've bought our last 3 new cars, and 3 of our last 4 used cars, from local dealers. (The other used car was bought from an individual in Warren County.) I buy all of my clothes locally, albeit from national chain (discount) stores. My wife shops at Kohl's but does also go to the malls in Cincinnati and Dayton. Our health care providers are all local, except for one specialist. We buy gas when and where we need it, usually in Middletown. All of our car repairs are done locally. I will be buying my next set of tires from Integrity Automotive on Elliot Drive, and use Meineke on Breiel for brakes. My wife uses only the Pack 'n' Mail place on Elliot for our shipping needs. We support local charities, including the MCF. I no longer use Hook Field...oops...I mean Middletown Regional Airport as, unfortunately we now fly only commercial. I support local taverns, and only drink beer from the nearest distributorship (The majority owners, and most of their employees, are, to the best of my knowledge, Middletonians.) I would like to say that I only frequent the local gambling houses, but unfortunately, there are none. I have to admit that I did NOT patronize the one that was busted the other night, but only because they only played "Omaha", and that is NOT my game of choice. I do know the folks involved, and they are all pretty good folks. I believe that they ran an honest house. If they had dealt stud or blackjack, I probably would have been a patron. Gross & Company has been our accontant for several years. We do have a local attorney, but have used out-of-town and out-of-state firms when necessary. The list goes on and on...but you get the idea!!!
	“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012