“It was so much fun when the iceman came by. Not all people had refrigerators in the ’40s, so an iceman would drive around the neighborhood and deliver a block of ice to those who still used iceboxes to keep their perishables in. The kids would run after him, and he would throw chunks of ice at us. It was a huge treat.”
#7 Greyhound buses and trains were the same way, as well as restaurants and bars and stores and, everywhere
#15 until they went out of business and that was because the chain stores moved into town, usually a short drive away, couldn't walk to them, they sold more things at cheaper prices.