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Dreaming of Wal-Mart

awp11201
awp11201
edited November -1 in Brooklyn and Beyond
On the eve of Ikea’s grand opening in Red Hook, the Brooklyn Paper editorial board restates its support for a Wal-Mart in Downtown Brooklyn

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/24/31_24_big_boxes_big_dreams.html

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  • daver
    daver
    They are fucking high.
    But put a Target, JC Penney or Wal-Mart in an existing downtown, and you draw even more traffic to the merchants occupying the adjacent streets. Then, instead of killing Mom-and-Pop stores, they’d present the Mom and Pops with enlarged opportunities for profit.
    That isn't how it works. A good read is How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and What You Can Do About It by Bill Quinn.
  • daver
    daver
    They are fucking high.
    But put a Target, JC Penney or Wal-Mart in an existing downtown, and you draw even more traffic to the merchants occupying the adjacent streets. Then, instead of killing Mom-and-Pop stores, they’d present the Mom and Pops with enlarged opportunities for profit.
    That isn't how it works. A good read is How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and What You Can Do About It by Bill Quinn.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    I'd love to see the evidence to support this assertion:
    ... Wal-Mart, whose revolutionary combination of size, selection and price has lowered the cost of living for millions of Americans ...
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    I'd love to see the evidence to support this assertion:
    ... Wal-Mart, whose revolutionary combination of size, selection and price has lowered the cost of living for millions of Americans ...
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    ^well, without health insurance, their workers can avoid those pesky copays on preventative care!

    what the sam hell is wrong with the brooklyn paper's board? sheesh.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    ^well, without health insurance, their workers can avoid those pesky copays on preventative care!

    what the sam hell is wrong with the brooklyn paper's board? sheesh.
  • daver
    daver
    sweet tea wrote: what the sam hell is wrong with the brooklyn paper's board? sheesh.
    Hmm.

    I thought I covered that clearly above.
    daver wrote: They are fucking high.
    :mrgreen:
  • daver
    daver
    sweet tea wrote: what the sam hell is wrong with the brooklyn paper's board? sheesh.
    Hmm.

    I thought I covered that clearly above.
    daver wrote: They are fucking high.
    :mrgreen:

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