hm interesting way of thinking guest...a bit absolute, but there is some truth in it...

just write oon the other hand to encourage change !! if it needs to be a pub I do not want to judge.. but change sounds necessary. no good doing something one hates and is able to say this publicly even if it is anonymous.

have done lots of changes and am not happy about the financial difficulties that go with it, but never regreted it eiter..

may be it can be a pub which caters for more than just the people and reasons the guest described... THAT would be really something good..as there are not soo many cafes/pubs to be found with a really good atmosphere, Check out what is missing in your area in terms of catering and places to go to...and then find the gap in the market...that makes it all the more exciting and successful. Good Luck and DO IT . Dagmar