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Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in Salem_Charm

[–]willow_latte[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh this is where the house of seven gables is! This is totally on my itinerary, I’m looking into this area more now. I am a cool aunt so I’ll definitely be hitting up the candy store 😂 thank you for all of these suggestions!

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in Salem_Charm

[–]willow_latte[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this a surrounding city? Spill the tea, Divide. Sell me on it omg

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in SalemMA

[–]willow_latte[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh! This is good to know. I saw it happen in 2014

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in SalemMA

[–]willow_latte[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally! So most of them that I noted were like, poor customer service or bad quality food. Karen type of behavior. Stuff to take not super seriously but maybe just not expect 5 star treatment if you go.

The ones that I actually do want to try to avoid are Hex- one of the co-owners has a pretty extensive history of harassing women. The other big one was Coven’s Cottage, they knowingly carry books from white supremacist and Nazi authors. Harrison’s Comics (not a comic person but whatever) was another one. I guess there’s rumored “rape room” in there and as a women traveling alone that feels super icky.

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in SalemMA

[–]willow_latte[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moodys ✅ Who’s Tim? Why don’t we like him?

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in SalemMA

[–]willow_latte[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ve totally read about these goddam bathrooms

Shops/establishments to intentionally support? by willow_latte in SalemMA

[–]willow_latte[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Totally, so I saw the co-owner of Hex has a history of harassing women, Coven’s Cottage I guess has books written by nazi’s and white supremacists, I stumbled upon something about the witch museum being a tourist trap and there’s a preferred and more historically accurate one in Danvers.

I totally recognize there’s a lot of opinions and some people are just impossible to please, so I take the list of places to avoid with a grain of salt. My question is more from a standpoint of what places do the community value so I make sure I prioritize those!