[keithpeter]

Local produce market: open shout on prices - the most fun time to go is between 3pm and 4pm when they are cutting prices (crossing off the old price and writing the new one on the little cardboard placard stuck in the stock display) or putting more produce in the '£1 per bowl' displays to clear stock.

Economics in action. Lots of people. You don't have to engage with the small talk if you don't want to.

[JustUhThought]

Sounds fun :)

I'm in Austin, TX. Looks like you in the UK. I'm going to look into whether there is something like this locally. Thx!

Also, just curious. What are your thoughts on the EU vote coming up?

[keithpeter]

"Also, just curious. What are your thoughts on the EU vote coming up?"

My thoughts?

1) Look at a map centred on 52N02W with a radius of 2000 miles and think about what the future is for an island off the mainland with a population about two and a half times that of Texas.

2) Daniel Kahneman would have a field day over here at the moment! A fair spread of his hypotheses can be seen in action daily.

PS: I was describing Birmingham's central food markets in Digbeth by the way, but other cities have good markets as well - open three or four days a week and selling the same kind of stuff you can get in supermarkets without the packaging. We also have more expensive/artisanal 'farmer's markets' with higher priced produce in middle class areas, typically one Saturday a month.