Tobacco shop to open in Annandale
Annandale is getting another tobacco shop. Tobacco Max is “coming
soon,” says a sign on a storefront on Columbia Pike next to the Juke Box Diner.
That space was formerly occupied by Annandale Florist. The flower shop
moved a few feet down the road to a standalone building at 7025 Columbia Pike in August
2020.
A Tobacco Hut store is expected to open at 7221 Little River
Turnpike in a building formerly occupied by LoanMax.
Related story: Annandale Florist moves into long-vacant building
The Annandale/Mason District area already has Duke Cigar
& Tobacco at 7354 Little River Turnpike, Annandale; Capital Cigar and
Tobacco in Pinecrest Plaza; Old Virginia Tobacco
in the Seven Corners Center; Tobacco & Vape King on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s
Crossroads; and another Tobacco & Vape King on Arlington Boulevard in Falls
Church.
Just what Annandale and the world needs–another tobacco shop.
…and another store with "max" in the name.
Keeping it classy. Sigh.
The similar shop down the street by the Five Guys (Capital Cigar and Tobacco) probably does very well – they don't bother carding kids. I'm sure this one will do very well, too.
A tobacco shop is better than a needle exchange. My woke neighbors cited all sorts of questionable-at-best studies that showed that needle exchanges wouldn't increase crime. That was right before the bank ATM murder, the now incessant shoulder tapping at 7-11, cars being boosted down the street, and a rape down the street. 10 cop cars at Clarion Hotel last night for who knows what reason. Right by the needle exchange. THIS JUST IN… according to my "lived experience," inviting drug addicts into the neighborhood increases crime.
Where did this craziness come from?
We no longer hold Judeo-Christian values in high esteem.
Without these values, it's difficult to succeed. When it's difficult to succeed, people break the rules.
Politicians blame "the system" instead of the rule breakers, and pander to the lowest common denominator to change or not enforce the rules.
Rule breakers feel vindicated, and break more rules. Scale this up to a societal level, and society breaks down.
Most of us now expect the wealth created by American values while remaining hostile to the values that created the wealth.
We've traded love for country and assimilation for globalism and accommodation.
B Franklin, "A republic, if you can keep it."
Unfortunately those Judeo-Christian "values" are part of the problem.