Post #256380 by twitch on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 9:21 AM

Damn! Some great finds on this page!
Finding tiki in my area lately is like locating an igloo in Ft. Lauderdale!
Unfortunately, in the early 00's I know of 5 thrifts that closed down during a small 'antique-craze' - "junk" shops re-named themselves either 'antique' stores or 'retro' (with mostly mid-50's-early 1980s stuff) and subsequently closed up shop because the market was smaller than they believed (and their prices were exorbitant - I recall one shop that had figures so high that I almost hatched plans to sneak over one night to add "Holding Memories For Ransom" on the window). This, and skyrocketing rent in the 'hip' neighborhoods they're in killed a lot of establishments.
I know - quit whining and git hunting...:D