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Originally Posted by fflint
The same items for only 50 cents more? LOL. Perhaps in Vancouver or other places that is the choice, but here in San Francisco, our unfriendly little corner stores sell inferior products at thrice the price. When it comes to grocery staples, household items, meat, and alcohol, Costco is a no-brainer. Sorry haters.
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And why is that FFLINT? Because in urban America and parts of Urban Canada, we have killed off the inner city neighbourhood full of quality owner operated food stores.
I don't know what the situation is like in Vancouver, but I know here in Toronto we have amazing inner city neighbourhood strips with local food stores.
My sisters live near one, and its amazing to walk out their front door and down two blocks and have a huge selection of fruites, meats, cheeses, etc. Infact the large number of stores in one area compete and the prices are great, and often times cheaper then the large supermarkets.
In a vibrant city that has retained the tradional urban style, it should not be a problem to find food stores that sell large selections of food and at good prices, even in owner run stores.
The reason it is getting harder to find it, is because we are killing off our city neighbourhoods by letting COSTCO in.
What people are failing to see is that COSTCO and other places like them are killing off what makes the city interesting, the selection, the unique stores, etc.
I am sorry, but who the hell wants to live in downtown Vancouver, if its going to be nothing but COSTCO and all the other stuff I can find in the suburbs.
If I live downtown, I want to be in a "real" downtown, with the fresh farmer markets, etc. Not a COSTCO.
Are we going to support out local economy and downtowns or big corporations?
You may think they are just stores. But even food stores make up what the city is. And a city would not be the same without them.
This is one of the problems with the residential growth in our downtowns now. Is this growth really going to be good for the city, or just kill off all the diversity and unique things that downtown once offered? It seems our new residents have no intent on really partaking in what downtown really is, and instead are just worried about having a COSTCO and BEST BUY.
You tell me why I need to go to Costco, when I can go to a downtown market like this, and find the largest selection of food in the city at warehouse prices.
The problem is most of our cities have killed off districts like this.
That my people is what a city is about. Not a COSTCO store.