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Originally Posted by miketoronto
Not to rain on the parade, but I can't say this is that great.
Its just one more step of turning downtown into the suburbs.
Why go to COSTCO for cheese, when downtowns are suppose to have market areas full of different cheese vendors who actually know about that stuff?
Why go to COSTCO for a ring, when downtown is suppose to have tons of unique jewelry stores?
I don't know. Places like this will just eat away at the stuff that actually makes downtown a unique place.
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I agree that these stores do destroy a sense of place. I have to admit that I was taken aback at some of the flippant responses to your post. Superficially these incursions seem innocuous, but we all know that COSTCO is just WALMART in sheep's clothing. Does paying 6 bucks for your Camembert as opposed to 6.5 bucks really necessitate these spirit crushing behemoths? I don't want one in my neighbrohood, because I'm perfectly happy shopping at my 1500 sf grocer and don't want him to go belly up.