How would you feel about a tattoo studio opening near you?

[onetruething]

Apr 23, 2016 8:08:50 GMT -5 toepick said:

I had one open in my neighborhood and other than thinking that it was a strange fit for the area, it never occurred to me to have any feelings about it. It didn't last long though!

We (the neighborhood association) have to vote on it before it goes any further, which is why I'm thinking about it.

[Elsa]

No big deal. We have one about a mile from our house. I don't even notice it's there.

[bugandbibs]

I don't even like tatooos and it wouldn't bother me as long as the location made sense. As in, it's a location where other businesses operate or a mixed use area.

I wouldn't like the idea of any business starting to operate in a purely residential area without some serious thought.

[IrishBelle]

It wouldn't bother me. I also took my 5yo to one a few weeks ago to get her ears pierced.

[balletofangels]

It doesn't bother me. One of our elementary schools had gorgeous murals done by a local tattoo parlor owner. They have been nothing but a great asset to our community.

[isabel]

Apr 23, 2016 5:56:22 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

I might care if it was next door to my home but otherwise I wouldn't think twice of it.

This. Mainly because the traffic would be annoying. But there's a pot shop directly behind my house, so I'm pretty sure there aren't many businesses that would bother me.

[cajunmom]

I would hope that they have awesome artists so I wouldn't have to travel so far for the tattoos I have planned.

[circa1978]

Apr 23, 2016 6:05:32 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I mean, I live in a suburban development with an HOA and nothing but houses, a golf course, and a community pool in walking distance, so I would be pretty surprised and upset in our current circumstances because it would have to be someone operating illegally out of their house, or like a truck up at the community center.

But if I lived in the city or next to a strip mall or something, I wouldn't care at all.

Exactly. The closest Chuck E. Cheese to us had a liquor store and a gun store as neighbors for a while. (Oh, Missouri.) That kind of caught my eye but more in a "I should really take a picture and post this on Reddit" sort of way. It's now a Bed Bath and Beyond and a Party City, which seem like better fits.

[cbwm1]

I really wouldn't care. At all.

[onetruething]

Apr 23, 2016 9:40:24 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Apr 23, 2016 7:30:12 GMT -5 onetruething said:

Tattoo studios couldn't even operate in my state until recently

WtF ::sputters:: can't even
I bet you have plenty of gun stores though

No way!! Bluest of the blue.

[winecat]

It wouldn't bother me. Tattooing is mainstream now. I'd rather have a tattoo shop than another restaurant or bar because a tattoo shop needs fewer clients, they won't be drunk and probably not open until 2am. They're no different than salon or other boutique business.

[Waffles]

I would not be keen on any sort of business opening in my street but that's because we're in a residential area and it would cause traffic.

[Deleted]

I wouldn't be happy with one of those money lending places or a sex shop.

Tattoo shop I wouldn't think twice about. Here they tend to be really good neighbours to have

[pagas]

I would have no issue with it. But my neighborhood has a brothel in it, so I obviously have low standards.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Apr 23, 2016 8:11:39 GMT -5 @fkasmace said:

Apr 23, 2016 7:23:29 GMT -5 Ohhmm(bligo) said:

Oh gosh!! What if they DANCE??

Anyone squawking about this is the squarest square and needs to go retire to Florida.

Hey! I object!

YOU SHOULD

[pixy0stix]

::head tilt::

I'm not sure what the objection would be, or why it would be objectionable.

[redwino]

I wouldn't even think about it. There may be one in the shopping center outside of my nwighborhood. I can't remember what just opened there.

[cinco]

We had one open about a half mile from us last year. We didn't think twice about it. DS's friends mom owns it so we hope they are doing good business.

[textbookcase]

I wouldn't care at all.

[Deleted]

I don't care. I live in a town with 3 tattoo shops & a strip club in my town.There are no zoned commercial buildings within a half a mile of my house though.

[pagas]

Apr 23, 2016 11:43:15 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Apr 23, 2016 10:53:28 GMT -5 pagas said:

But my neighborhood has a brothel in it.

It's been busted a couple times, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

[rosiebear]

Apr 23, 2016 11:48:38 GMT -5 pagas said:

Apr 23, 2016 11:43:15 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

It's been busted a couple times, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

A whole slew of "Asian massage studios" have opened throughout our city, usually in strip malls. One is right next to a community center and H and I spotted another one sharing a wall with an ice cream parlor.

Two brothels have operated quietly here for decades, but these new businesses are 1. much more numerous, and 2. embedded between regular businesses. I am deeply uncomfortable with this.

[just]

Apr 23, 2016 7:30:12 GMT -5 onetruething said:

I appreciate all the responses. Tattoo studios couldn't even operate in my state until recently so I guess I'm just not used to the idea of them. I feel better reading that none of you would be concerned about having one in the hood. Thanks!!

Aren't you in Mass? It's been legal since 2001, right? So 15 years...

[Deleted]

Wat

[waffletime]

My word! A tattoo parlour? Hooligans and gangsters galore!

[copperboom]

I don't even understand and what the concern would be. Are you picturing it being overrun with drug dealers and biker gangs or something?

[W.T.Faulkner]

I wouldn't blink an eye, but I live in a part of the city in which the coffee shop employs people who wear suspenders and jeff caps and talk about soundscapes, so.

[fezzik]

It wouldn't even cross my mind to be bothered by this.

[onetruething]

Apr 23, 2016 12:13:48 GMT -5 just said:

Apr 23, 2016 7:30:12 GMT -5 onetruething said:

I appreciate all the responses. Tattoo studios couldn't even operate in my state until recently so I guess I'm just not used to the idea of them. I feel better reading that none of you would be concerned about having one in the hood. Thanks!!

Aren't you in Mass? It's been legal since 2001, right? So 15 years...

Yes

[lilafowler]

Apr 23, 2016 13:26:36 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Apr 23, 2016 12:13:48 GMT -5 just said:

Aren't you in Mass? It's been legal since 2001, right? So 15 years...

Oh yeah. That whole state is definitely questionable. lilafowler