no, this isn't about the plethora of antique shops in strasburg.
it's about the way that the town of strasburg does business.
at a time when the rest of the world uses advanced communications to communicate, the town communicates with its residents by the modern equivalent of two cans connected with a string. when trash pickup doesn't occur as scheduled, the town notifies its residents with a post on its facebook page--sometimes only minutes before the scheduled pickup time.
email? robocall? cell phone alert? not the town of strasburg.
if you move to strasburg, then instead of setting up your utilities on-line, like the rest of the world does, residents have to come to town hall IN PERSON to set up a water & sewer account. in the 21st century, have you ever heard anything more ridiculous than that? today, in addition to opening up utility accounts on-line, people make major purchases on-line, bank on-line, etc.
not in the town of strasburg. that isn't the way that the town of strasburg did business in the 1920s--and that's why it's not the way that strasburg does business today.
it probably won't be any different in 2120.
