poetofthepiano:

There’s already a line! -Kofi Pizza

To me, a one-person line already being threatening, shows that when it’s not summer, all these family businesses are almost always scraping by. The many times we’ve seen Steven enter these establishments, there’s no one else. I doubt they eat at each other’s restaurants often. As a tourist town, Beach City relies on people coming in and spending their money on local businesses. This is sustainable if they garner enough business during peak season to sustain them year-round. But Kofi and Fryman’s fears indicate that the economy is a fragile balance. On the bright side, it’s not just Greg who’s actually been scraping by all this time.