"Can't be worse than the last one," he agrees, then pauses thoughtfully as they walk, because that's not strictly true. It hadn't had a kitchen, which had been pretty awful, but he's sure there are worse things, floors and walls full of black mold, a place that looks like a prison more than a bakery. There are places that can be much worse, but he's hopeful that the agent is taking them a little more seriously now that Joel has given him a piece of his mind.
"It would be nice to be close," he says. "But I'm mostly concerned with finding you the right place. I still think near the boardwalk would be the best option for foot traffic." He doesn't think he's the best business owner in the world -- in fact, he knows he isn't -- but he's been at Crossroads long enough that he thinks he's learned how foot traffic works. He's hopeful that people will learn soon enough that Raleigh's bakery is something exceptional, something they'll travel across town for, but he knows at first that people passing by will probably account for a lot of her revenue. Especially during tourist season. He expects she'll find business booming in the summer, especially if she gathers a good town following this winter.
"This is it up here," he says as they turn a corner and he nods to an empty building. It looks like it needs a lot of work, but with the price range they're looking at, there's going to be work no matter what. He fully intends on helping Raleigh with that as much as he possibly can as well, which he knows will make the financial burden of renovations easier, too.
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"It would be nice to be close," he says. "But I'm mostly concerned with finding you the right place. I still think near the boardwalk would be the best option for foot traffic." He doesn't think he's the best business owner in the world -- in fact, he knows he isn't -- but he's been at Crossroads long enough that he thinks he's learned how foot traffic works. He's hopeful that people will learn soon enough that Raleigh's bakery is something exceptional, something they'll travel across town for, but he knows at first that people passing by will probably account for a lot of her revenue. Especially during tourist season. He expects she'll find business booming in the summer, especially if she gathers a good town following this winter.
"This is it up here," he says as they turn a corner and he nods to an empty building. It looks like it needs a lot of work, but with the price range they're looking at, there's going to be work no matter what. He fully intends on helping Raleigh with that as much as he possibly can as well, which he knows will make the financial burden of renovations easier, too.