Everyone oughtta love a story like this, whether you're a "bring jobs back to 'Murrica" person, a "they don't make 'em like they used to" old curmudgeon, a tree-hugging hippie who hates landfill waste, a bleeding heart who hates exploitive labor in developing markets, a small businesses supporter, left wing or right,
Man, if I cold go back and take all the money that I wasted on shitty plastic Bates shoes from the NEX- or better yet, teach some of these young whippersnaps a lesson about investing in quality.
Enjoy the Navy town local interest story:
Gnarled fingers. Stained smock. The smell of leather. Piles of shoes. Like a scene from Dickens, 90-year-old Alex Bredologos is in his workshop, a cobbler bent to an ancient and struggling trade. A…
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