The more stores Target and other retail chains build, the more local their clientele and customer bases become, and in a depressed economy, local stores patronized by higher than average unemployed and underemployed neighbors, the less viable that store can remain.
What's not being said here is that the high percentages of communities of color hat comprise that area's retail shoppers are once again finding their neighborhoods abandoned by the chains ever so willing to suffer temporary setbacks in other communities. Retail racism we called it during my ten years in Detroit. Minneapolis and St. Paul have long histories of similar corporate behavior in serving the retail needs of "minority" neighborhoods and are often taken over by hustling entrepreneurs who jack up prices for second-rate goods and services knowing they're serving a captive customer base. Long, sad stories, repeated everywhere diverse populations have existed here for 250 years. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -------- Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right. --Mahatma Gandhi > From: Dave Piehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:20:01 -0700 (PDT) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Target Closing in North Minneapolis: Lake Street K Mart is > thriving > > It's interesting that despite great freeway access, > the Target store in north Minneapolis isn't generating > enough traffic to remain viable. Meanwhile, K Mart on > Lake Street, which has "suffered" poor freeway access > since it was built, has survived several rounds of K > Mart downsizing. As a company, Target is far mor > successful than K Mart, so apparently great freeway > access isn't all it's cracked up to be. > > It's time to save $200 million taxpayer dollars and Ax > the Excess! > > David Piehl > Central > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the > subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
