Things Everyone Used to Have in the Past But Unfortunately Aren’t So Common Anymore

Local news used to be way more robust than it is today. Overall, local reporting and hyper-local newspaper companies have dwindled to almost nothing. We kind of miss this local reporting because it created a sense of community and kept people in the loop with what was going on in their city.

About 30 years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for most families to have a local newspaper subscription. Those black-and-white papers would land on our driveways every morning, filled to the brim with local and national news. Now, it seems like international news is a constant barrage of information in our lives. But do we know what’s going on in our local communities?