Walmart is opening 4 stores in DC

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Anonymous wrote:Let's stop talking about ethical issues and focus on what's important here: Walmart has some awesome terrible Christmas vests for sale right now for $16. Mine has gold piping around the neck and applique ornaments hanging from the shoulder and armpits.

Yeah, I will never be old enough, fat enough, or white enough for one of those. Maybe I will forward this to my mother

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Anonymous wrote:After a couple of years after people realize that Walmart has raped and pillaged their beloved city, those jobs won't seem that great. Then they will up in arms about getting the evil Walmart out of there. That will be hard with four locations. They are in for the ride of their lives.

Raped and pillaged, eh? Have you ever even BEEN TO any of the proposed locations?

My daily commute takes me up Bladensburg Road, from Bladensburg to Maryland Ave, driving straight through the NY Ave intersection. I'll tell you what....this neighborhood is about as pillaged as a neighborhood could possibly be. ANY construction, of any kind, with jobs to follow, will be an enormous improvement. Seriously, get your head out of your ass.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After a couple of years after people realize that Walmart has raped and pillaged their beloved city, those jobs won't seem that great. Then they will up in arms about getting the evil Walmart out of there. That will be hard with four locations. They are in for the ride of their lives.

Raped and pillaged, eh? Have you ever even BEEN TO any of the proposed locations?

My daily commute takes me up Bladensburg Road, from Bladensburg to Maryland Ave, driving straight through the NY Ave intersection. I'll tell you what....this neighborhood is about as pillaged as a neighborhood could possibly be. ANY construction, of any kind, with jobs to follow, will be an enormous improvement. Seriously, get your head out of your ass.

I concur PP. If I was a betting gal, I would bet that the vast majority of those opposed to Walmart rarely, if ever, go east of 14th Street, NW.

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I think the only one that particularly troubles me is the New Jersey Ave. location, because new development there should be focused on upgrading (take that any way you wish) our urban core.

Even here, though, I think the design of the development from an urban streetscape perspective has more to do with its palatability. If they build a pedestrian- and transit- friendly grocery/ variety store without surface parking that has pedestrian-level interest, then it's merely a shame that the WalMart name carries such negative and decidedly not urban connotations.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time I think about Walmart I remember hearing Paris Hilton say "Walmart? Is that a store where you buy wall stuff?" I thought she was joking, but maybe the insanely rich really do not know what Walmart is.

Nor do the crunchy types who just parrot what they heard from someone else. They would rather support some mom and pop that pays the same, doesn't give benefits, and charges 30% more for what they sell. Mind you , they don't actually buy from these stores. They do most of their ordering online. But they like the idea that other people buy from these stores.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time I think about Walmart I remember hearing Paris Hilton say "Walmart? Is that a store where you buy wall stuff?" I thought she was joking, but maybe the insanely rich really do not know what Walmart is.

Nor do the crunchy types who just parrot what they heard from someone else. They would rather support some mom and pop that pays the same, doesn't give benefits, and charges 30% more for what they sell. Mind you , they don't actually buy from these stores. They do most of their ordering online. But they like the idea that other people buy from these stores.

Thought crunchies were supposed to make all their own stuff from scratch and not even have any electronics or modern conveniences.

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Nor do the crunchy types who just parrot what they heard from someone else. They would rather support some mom and pop that pays the same, doesn't give benefits, and charges 30% more for what they sell. Mind you , they don't actually buy from these stores. They do most of their ordering online. But they like the idea that other people buy from these stores.


Thought crunchies were supposed to make all their own stuff from scratch and not even have any electronics or modern conveniences.

No, you're thinking of the Amish.

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My commute takes me through the intersection of Georgia & Missouri, one of the proposed sites. I am worried about the increased traffic. Is this supposed to serve a pedestrian clientele, or will there be a parking lot? The former car lot is not very big. I am sympathetic to the needs of low-income workers for inexpensive goods, but I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart years ago because I don't like their employment practices.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every time I think about Walmart I remember hearing Paris Hilton say "Walmart? Is that a store where you buy wall stuff?" I thought she was joking, but maybe the insanely rich really do not know what Walmart is.

Nor do the crunchy types who just parrot what they heard from someone else. They would rather support some mom and pop that pays the same, doesn't give benefits, and charges 30% more for what they sell. Mind you , they don't actually buy from these stores. They do most of their ordering online. But they like the idea that other people buy from these stores.

Thought crunchies were supposed to make all their own stuff from scratch and not even have any electronics or modern conveniences.

No, they definitely buy online. And they aren't in the least concerned about the wages in the fulfillment warehouses that they buy from. Out of sight, out of mind.

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Renderings for the NJ Ave Walmart:

http://dcist.com/2010/11/initial_walmart_renderings_surface.php

It looks like as good a way as any to integrate a big box store into the urban fabric, but I'm still wincing at the courting of such a downmarket chain. Yeesh. It would be better if the new urban mini-Walmarts could go by a different name given all the negative connotations associated with Walmart.