In Arizona, as in New Albany, restaurants and pubs "offer sense of place."

If you won't believe the way it works here, where you live, might it help to point to the way is works somewhere else, where you don't?

Or am I bugging you to so much as mention elsewhere?

West Valley's independent restaurants, pubs can offer sense of place, by Lesley Wright (The Republic)

 ... The benefit of attracting regular patrons to locally-owned pubs extends beyond the business’s income stream, according to Local First Arizona, a non-profit that advocates for independent businesses.

“Locally owned neighborhood bars, pubs and restaurants are integral to the well-being of a community,” said Local First spokeswoman Erica Pederson.

The Indie Impact Study Series, a 2012 report by consultant group Civic Economics and American Booksellers Association, found that locally owned businesses can have an outsized economic impact.

When residents shop at a locally owned business, more of their money circulates back into the local economy, according to the report which examined spending in 10 U.S. cities. The study found that up to four times as much of that money stays in the area compared to money spent at a national chain.

Local First Arizona also advocates the “place-making” value of local restaurants and pubs. Such places can make residents feel more connected to their communities.

The owners of independent beer maker Peoria Artisan Brewery discovered how much cities want locally owned businesses when they opened the West Valley’s first craft-beer pub in Litchfield Park in December ...