# Are local flower shops all gone in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765 "2010-01-20T23:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/21 "2010-01-22T23:41:38Z")
Actually, in the tiny WV town I live in, the _one_ grocery store in town doesn’t sell flowers (neither does the 7-11, even though they _do_ sell liquor, beer, wine, live bait, and rent movies. . .) But just a few blocks from me (hey, this is West Union. _Everything_ is either “just down the street” or “just around the corner”), there is a real, honest-to-goodness florist. If you go in, the woman who runs it will make you up a bouquet of whatever you want. If you’re looking for an arrangement for an occasion, she will do that, too. The prices are not too hideous. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/22 "2010-01-23T03:13:12Z")
There’s a florist’s just down the main street from me. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/23 "2010-01-23T07:04:50Z")
I can think of quite a few, and some are Indianapolis institutions. I can think of 10 or so just on the south side, a couple of which were founded in the 1800s. Most of the newer ones are clustered around hospitals and/or funeral homes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/24 "2010-01-23T07:11:45Z")
Have florists ever been really common? There was one on campus when I was in college, but that’s the only one I ever took any note of besides one I like to wander into to check out the potted plants in Boston. I couldn’t tell you were the closest one was to any place I’ve ever lived. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/25 "2010-01-23T07:25:37Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > So, do you still have local florists near you? You seem to be begging the question. Why do you think they even _should_ be disappearing, just because they happen to have left your area? (What _is_ your area?) The girl in the local shop around the corner from me (on Western off of Hollywood Blvd.) became my girlfriend for almost two years. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765/26 "2010-01-23T14:33:56Z")
Lots of independent florists around here. Florists make a lot of their money from weddings and occasions; they’re not especially dependent on day-to-day retail sales. Once they establish a good reputation for working weddings they can almost live off that. It’s a business that will probably never fall prey to the Internet and big box stores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-local-flower-shops-all-gone-in-your-area/525765.md?page=1)