What bothers me the most is what Target's closing says about my neighborhood. Target says it is closing the store because it's losing money, meaning the neighborhood doesn't support it. The truth is, it loses money because it is not well stocked or well managed or both. Why would I want to drive from from the Jordan neighborhood all the way to Crystal or NE if I could get the same things at the Broadway Target? At the price of gas these days, this does not make any sense.
As far as customers not feeling safe going there, I don't see why customers would feel any safer at the Lake Street store. It's in a neighborhood with crime problems similiar to the Northside. Yet, I don't hear anything thing about that store closing. Are they next? The problem is, by Target blaming the neighborhood for their losing money, what chance do we have of getting a better business in there. They are slandering a community unfairly at a time when the community is really getting better with many positive projects slated to be started in the very near future. That is what angers me about the whole thing. Anne McCandless Jordan 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
