Actually, intact pottery does survive pretty often in places like dry caves or waterlogged sites - think Cahokia's whole pots or the amphorae from Mediterranean shipwrecks. The issue is most settlements got picked over for reusable stuff and the broken bits just got tossed.

Hold up, I'm gonna play hard defense for the downtown market here lmao. The parking argument is valid sure but you're paying for the experience downtown, the music and the crowd energy make it worth the extra 15 minutes of circling. Also I've found the south side strawberries to be hit or miss, last time I grabbed a flat there half of them were moldy by day two. Downtown might be a couple bucks more but the vendors actually let you sample stuff and chat you up without rushing you along. If you want a quick in-and-out grocery run then yeah south side wins, but for a Saturday morning hangout downtown still kills it.

Three things you can ALWAYS spot from across the room. Bulging caps dust bunnies and a cheap power supply. Saved someone a lot of headache by calling that right away.

my buddy josh tried using a leatherman pliers to strip a 12 gauge once and ended up cutting halfway through the copper. spent more time patching it with electrical tape than just going to home depot for the right tool lol.

Wait, is that why my old Ford Focus pedal went to crap after a fluid flush?