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81. In many states

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:33 AM

Apr 2016

the state give local governments a cut on the sales tax take. A high sales volume store can really help the local tax take. In Virginia, when Walmart opened a store in a county, the adjoining city wanted to annex the land right away.

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We had a neighborhood dilemma, stood up against it, and we lost [View all] Mira Apr 2016 OP

you can bet shanti Apr 2016 #1

They were foolish to follow through. Mira Apr 2016 #4

I hope that turns out to be exactly the case. Hortensis Apr 2016 #18

Mira, you need to start a neighborhood organiztion NOW Baobab Apr 2016 #87

Great suggestion. They need to foresee and Hortensis Apr 2016 #90

I'm guessing they will do just fine. Travis_0004 Apr 2016 #47

the family dollars around here are dumps Mosby Apr 2016 #2

Family Dollar, or Dollar Tree? Family Dollar (rips off poor people) was bought out by djean111 Apr 2016 #3

Most of my neighbors shop at Dollar Tree,as do I. virgogal Apr 2016 #43

Likely your local planning department sees your neighborhood as being poor soon. Baobab Apr 2016 #85

Aaaah,no. Our median house price is $450,000.00 and rising. virgogal Apr 2016 #112

Beware what you buy at dollar stores Doremus Apr 2016 #94

I buy bleach, name brand dish detergent, things like that. djean111 Apr 2016 #99

Blame Art Pope. alarimer Apr 2016 #5

Pope has Roses - he changed the name after protesters targeted him. blm Apr 2016 #13

I dont think he owns Save-a-Lot rather I read that he cstanleytech Apr 2016 #66

The Roses I pass here in Charlotte was changed. blm Apr 2016 #75

Heres a link article to an article that might explain it better cstanleytech Apr 2016 #76

Perhaps he thinks the Roses name is toxic in Dem stronghold counties. ; ) blm Apr 2016 #77

I kinda doubt it as Save-aLot is purely a grocery store where as Roses cstanleytech Apr 2016 #88

In a red state, big money rules. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #6

"the way things are going" They are already gone. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2016 #67

boycott ananda Apr 2016 #7

Love all the signs!!! I hope the community does not give them their business! secondwind Apr 2016 #8

Love your neighborhood signs Lifelong Protester Apr 2016 #9

I was shocked to see one open on the Great River Road in Pepin, WI, last year. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #31

I agree, I dislike it Lifelong Protester Apr 2016 #96

where in NC is this bullshit going on? retrowire Apr 2016 #10

Mira - you are now a consumer malaise Apr 2016 #11

Sadly, that seems to be.... daleanime Apr 2016 #62

We have a Dollar General. murielm99 Apr 2016 #12

DG is doing what Walmart hasn't accomplished, kill off Purveyor Apr 2016 #15

i've been to a lot of them hfojvt Apr 2016 #19

The DG near my apartment is pretty clean. romanic Apr 2016 #53

Why so against Family Dollar? hfojvt Apr 2016 #14

Creatives and artists are probably our last hope. xfundy Apr 2016 #16

What really stinks is that if a boycott suceeds the empty eyesore is left csziggy Apr 2016 #17

Like that idea!!! 2naSalit Apr 2016 #22

Or a market that is a co-op. Those can really thrive. n/t cui bono Apr 2016 #34

K&R Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #20

This op hit home. ridgenvalley Apr 2016 #21

Family Dollar should change thier name to "The Family Takes Your Last Dollar". They're not really Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #23

They have highly toxic products also. glinda Apr 2016 #27

And outdated food. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #28

Outdated GMO chemical food womanofthehills Apr 2016 #108

In bpa lined cans and bpa ladened plastic containers. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #109

This kind of thing happens when sulphurdunn Apr 2016 #24

I fail to see how one Family Tree store "costs more in community services and decline in quality of WinkyDink Apr 2016 #26

Try and see this: sulphurdunn Apr 2016 #39

"Subsidies to low wage workers?" 1939 Apr 2016 #80

Low wage workers sulphurdunn Apr 2016 #92

I presume the site is legally zoned for this store? As you noted, the "acceptable" flower store WinkyDink Apr 2016 #25

Ooh, ouchy poo. ridgenvalley Apr 2016 #29

Oh, pipe down. I spent my youth and career in my same small town; I know perfectly well and WinkyDink Apr 2016 #73

Times change. You got that right. ridgenvalley Apr 2016 #95

And don't ever tell me to "pipe down." ridgenvalley Apr 2016 #98

Yes, the appropriate zoning was in place Mira Apr 2016 #35

The problem may also be with state law shrike Apr 2016 #86

Not that I have a stake in the NC situation mdbl Apr 2016 #69

Everytime you shop at a chain you are sending money out of the community fasttense Apr 2016 #71

While perhaps true, this isn't exactly a new phenomenon in American business. Yes, I grew up WinkyDink Apr 2016 #72

In many states 1939 Apr 2016 #81

That's Wally World's M.O. KamaAina Apr 2016 #97

You missed my point 1939 Apr 2016 #103

I'm wondering how the zoning is for signs. noamnety Apr 2016 #89

Yeah ... FUCK the community .... Trajan Apr 2016 #102

But people will shop there out of necessity. stopbush Apr 2016 #30

The most infuriating part to us is Mira Apr 2016 #33

Read "Kelo v. City of New London" Baobab Apr 2016 #91

Yes, I see people here loading up at the Dollar Store and Big Lots Warpy Apr 2016 #57

That's really not a $16 billion bully issue matt819 Apr 2016 #32

"Big companies build and buildings grow, or die": Yeah.. like sharks . . . n/t annabanana Apr 2016 #78

Nope, like scum in a stagnant pond, blocking out all the light to the life below. hunter Apr 2016 #93

I'm sorry greymouse Apr 2016 #36

I guess I would say that organizing a boycott would be the next step bluestateguy Apr 2016 #37

Much of their crap ends up in the trash felix_numinous Apr 2016 #38

They will close that store maindawg Apr 2016 #40

Lost the battle. But we'll win the war. navarth Apr 2016 #41

And Dollar stores attract the poors. Can't have that. AngryAmish Apr 2016 #42

Oh,my ! virgogal Apr 2016 #44

Because artists are so wealthy bluestateguy Apr 2016 #45

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc... and irrelevant as well. LanternWaste Apr 2016 #100

The artists are the poors womanofthehills Apr 2016 #107

I feel like I'm missing something here. Promethean Apr 2016 #46

Oh no. The flower shop moved to larger quarters Mira Apr 2016 #55

Please help me to understand. I must be missing something. Promethean Apr 2016 #58

So you would have no problem with a beautiful flower shop being replaced by klook Apr 2016 #63

But it's not being replaced mythology Apr 2016 #74

The problem is a large chain store replacing mom and pops passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #68

The Dollar Store has ruined my small town in NM womanofthehills Apr 2016 #104

Walmart has done that to so many small towns passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #105

Dollar store will probably carry some food items - but watch out for chemicals Baobab Apr 2016 #111

Help me understand, as I'm, missing something as well.... LanternWaste Apr 2016 #101

Not from what I read. Igel Apr 2016 #114

If your city council didn't help you then you must not have a coalition large enough to scare them. TeamPooka Apr 2016 #48

You tried mcar Apr 2016 #49

Fighting a shitty chain is worth it, regardless of the ultimate outcome Victor_c3 Apr 2016 #50

Many years ago, Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2016 #61

signs are beautiful. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #51

Mira - I see another big co. doing the same thing mike dub Apr 2016 #52

I always heard 1939 Apr 2016 #83

And Family Dollar is NOT a franchise. CaptainTruth Apr 2016 #54

Oh, the memories! raven mad Apr 2016 #56

I rarely go into any dollar store unless under duress arikara Apr 2016 #59

You are so right womanofthehills Apr 2016 #106

May the people prevail. zentrum Apr 2016 #60

The homogenization of America continues & will not stop until every community looks like the RiverLover Apr 2016 #64

Creative problem solving! rosesaylavee Apr 2016 #65

We have one right around the corner in this quiet little area where we live. anniebelle Apr 2016 #70

I would love to live in your neighborhood. n/t FourScore Apr 2016 #79

What a wonderful comment. Thank you. Mira Apr 2016 #82

Just be thankful they did not use eminent domain and tear your neighborhood down! Baobab Apr 2016 #84

Although many people in our town were against the Dollar Store womanofthehills Apr 2016 #110

Now they often take peoples homes to give to real estate developers Baobab Apr 2016 #113