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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
That does point to a major challenge, doesn't it? People have fallen in love with big box stores with hectares of parking. How do we convince that there is a better way?
On the other hand, the Glebe (for example) has a main street supermarket and a smaller scale Home Hardware. These things are designed for locals so there is some hope.
I personally love my local Farm Boy and perhaps I am in a minority, that I prefer to shop in smaller stores instead of the local Loblaws Superstore, Costco and Walmart. I like getting in, doing my business and getting out without walking kms to find what I need.
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I have no idea. Even in Europe hypermarts have taken over all but the central cores of cities. I think that is how most people prefer to live their lives. They prefer shopping once a week rather than every day and getting the best available price.
I suspect both of those businesses are dependent on people from outside the neighborhood for a lot of their business.
I think the former base in Rockliffe would have been a place for some sort of new urban design, rather than the Little Barrhaven they seem to be building.
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