> "In five years, I predict the following will be on > Lake > Street, within rock-throwing distance of the Allina > headquarters: > > Noodles & Company > Chipotle > Starbucks/Caribou Coffee > Walgreen's > Bruegger's/Einstein Bagels" > > Gregory Luce > St. Paul/Selby-Dale > > I would like to address this idea of chains taking > over. What I hear from many people is that chain > resturants are a bad and should be stopped from > opening.
I do not patronize chains because they generally offer inferior products at high prices (or, in the case of Wal-Mart, inferior products at low prices). Every time I have checked out a new place (usually a restaurant), I have found that a locally-owned business is far superior. But they are popular nonetheless. Obviously, people like the standardization. Even though I don't like chains, it is not up to me where they will locate, it is up to the economics that the community will provide. Nobody's choices are being sacrificed for the public good. This is a far different situation than, for example, the kind of car you drive, which has a very real impact on the community at large, and thus merits community involvement. === Nathan Hunstad CARAG Minneapolis, MN (651) 489-9107 -- Home PGP DH/DSS public key -- http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower/nhpubkey.txt ________________________________________________ Do you Gonzo?! http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
