Her parents bought it for $1,000,000.
Any time I see one of these fauxspirational stories about young people pursuing their dreams or working hard on a fantastic enterprise I always try to find out how they’re able to afford, say, buying and renoing a theater at the age of 26 when the rest of us are scraping by. So far it’s always been rich parents.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love for all of us to have rich parents willing to bankroll our passions and allow us some freedom sans-struggle, but that’s just not what people are going through.
I hate how detached these stories are from most people and it just serves as fodder for not feeling good enough or successful by 30.
anytime a young person is doing anything except barely subsisting, the answer is usually rich parents
Hockman’s parents financed its acquisition, but in every sense Hannah led the charge in the theater’s redevelopment.
Im not trying to diminish her accomplishments, but this does feel like it cheapens things quite a bit.
Dropping a million bucks on a theater in a beach community that will show classic movies…is a waste of money.
Ignoring that the theater already went out of business once. Beach Vacationers don’t see movies at the beach unless there are prolonged periods of bad weather.
It would have made more sense to buy a couple of condos and hen rent them to the vacationers.
