Keith says; It is no sin, or particular hardship, to live in Roseville, or any suburb. Freeways offer excellent access to night life, and culture, in town. While the best prices, cleanest, and most grand (large) shopping choices are open and accessible (24/7 in some cases) just up the freeway a stop or two. Life is good as choices are many, and varied.
Mpls. residents should have it so good. Minneapolitans must look at the bigger picture; not just the quaint small business's that David Shove likes to peruse when he comes down to Mpls. It is only fair, and reasonable, that in-towners can make major, and substantial purchase, in-town. Simply: Night life, culture, and great tacos, in-town; all other major purchases, and accompanying jobs, and vitality, in the suburbs, is not an adequate status quo. It is highly unlikely that David Shove, or any of his suburban neighbors ever came IN-TOWN and bought a fridge, stove, washer, dryer, window air conditioner, computer, TV, toaster, microwave, VCR, toilet paper, milk, new auto, tires, carpeting, 2 x 4, shingles. Or any other of the myriad items that are offered at the clean, convenient, and competitively priced stores that DS describes as " ... same old same old faceless dull chain big boxes." Those suburban big boxes are where he, and the rest of us, drop our wad; over and over again. I welcome Jerry's Cub to West Broadway at Lyndale. I think Target made a tactical error by dumping us. The new Cub's lower grocery prices will help the whole Northside save family-budget money. The new Cub's proximity to Northside families will save the time and expense of a suburban commute for groceries. And provide access for those who could not commute; those who are probably the most in need of "TPR"s. Keith Reitman Shopping, on "The Avenue with the most Potential, West Broadway" NearNorth David Shove says: Ditto. My sentiments exactly. Far better to have many diverse small businesses and co-ops, than a few (often heavily taxpayer-subsidized) same old same old faceless dull chain big boxes. Big boxes can usually extort a taxpayer subsidy out of the council/mayor/etc, at the expense of schools, parks, libraries, other public services. It is the poor sudsidizing the rich (cf $$ for Pohlad from ordinary citizens). We should be on to this game, and stop it. Time to have a city by for and of the people, not by for and of the big boxes and their (often absentee) owners. Democracy, not corpocracy. A city that's fun to live in, not boring boxes. --David Shove Roseville 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
