Increasing the desirability for the "non-oppressed"

[YoUDeeMan]

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"The Trader Joe's grocery-store chain has dropped a plan to open a new store in the heart of the city's historically African-American neighborhood after activists said the development would price black residents out of the area.

Critics said the development would displace residents and perpetuate income inequality in one of the most rapidly gentrifying ZIP codes in the nation.

The Portland African American Leadership Forum said the development commission had in the past made promises about preventing projects from displacing community members but hadn't fulfilled them.

It sent the city a letter saying it would "remain opposed to any development in N/NE Portland that does not primarily benefit the Black community." It said the grocery-store development would "increase the desirability of the neighborhood," for "non-oppressed populations."'

Trader Joe's is based in Monrovia, Calif. Its store would have been the anchor of a two-building development that included space for four to 10 shops and 100 parking spaces. A company owned by African-Americans in Portland had been slated to build it."


Yes, what they really need is a check cashing place to be built.



You just can't make this stuff up.

[kalm]

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"The Trader Joe's grocery-store chain has dropped a plan to open a new store in the heart of the city's historically African-American neighborhood after activists said the development would price black residents out of the area.

Critics said the development would displace residents and perpetuate income inequality in one of the most rapidly gentrifying ZIP codes in the nation.

The Portland African American Leadership Forum said the development commission had in the past made promises about preventing projects from displacing community members but hadn't fulfilled them.

It sent the city a letter saying it would "remain opposed to any development in N/NE Portland that does not primarily benefit the Black community." It said the grocery-store development would "increase the desirability of the neighborhood," for "non-oppressed populations."'

Trader Joe's is based in Monrovia, Calif. Its store would have been the anchor of a two-building development that included space for four to 10 shops and 100 parking spaces. A company owned by African-Americans in Portland had been slated to build it."


Yes, what they really need is a check cashing place to be built.



You just can't make this stuff up.

1). Trader Joes has some great deals on food.

2). Don't these neighborhoods suffer from the food desert phenomena?

[GannonFan]

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"The Trader Joe's grocery-store chain has dropped a plan to open a new store in the heart of the city's historically African-American neighborhood after activists said the development would price black residents out of the area.

Critics said the development would displace residents and perpetuate income inequality in one of the most rapidly gentrifying ZIP codes in the nation.

The Portland African American Leadership Forum said the development commission had in the past made promises about preventing projects from displacing community members but hadn't fulfilled them.

It sent the city a letter saying it would "remain opposed to any development in N/NE Portland that does not primarily benefit the Black community." It said the grocery-store development would "increase the desirability of the neighborhood," for "non-oppressed populations."'

Trader Joe's is based in Monrovia, Calif. Its store would have been the anchor of a two-building development that included space for four to 10 shops and 100 parking spaces. A company owned by African-Americans in Portland had been slated to build it."


Yes, what they really need is a check cashing place to be built.



You just can't make this stuff up.

1). Trader Joes has some great deals on food.

2). Don't these neighborhoods suffer from the food desert phenomena?

Agreed - you always hear about (and when you drive through you see it, or the lack of it) there not being enough places to buy food in cities. Now, when they can have a place built to fill that need, apparently it's too good of a place. What they wanted was cheap grocery stores. Of course, god forbid, if Walmart tried to fill that cheap void.

[Ibanez]

1). Trader Joes has some great deals on food.

2). Don't these neighborhoods suffer from the food desert phenomena?

Agreed - you always hear about (and when you drive through you see it, or the lack of it) there not being enough places to buy food in cities. Now, when they can have a place built to fill that need, apparently it's too good of a place. What they wanted was cheap grocery stores. Of course, god forbid, if Walmart tried to fill that cheap void.

I actually find Trader Joes to be almost equal to Publix. Some people just want cheap shit.

[GannonFan]

Agreed - you always hear about (and when you drive through you see it, or the lack of it) there not being enough places to buy food in cities. Now, when they can have a place built to fill that need, apparently it's too good of a place. What they wanted was cheap grocery stores. Of course, god forbid, if Walmart tried to fill that cheap void.

I actually find Trader Joes to be almost equal to Publix. Some people just want cheap ****.

I read or heard a piece on NPR about the growing dichotomy in grocery stores - the middle of the road chains are fading away, and what's left is either upscale places (like a Wegmans or Whole Foods) and then cut rate, low-priced places. There's not really a demand from anyone for the middle.

[Ibanez]

I actually find Trader Joes to be almost equal to Publix. Some people just want cheap ****.

I read or heard a piece on NPR about the growing dichotomy in grocery stores - the middle of the road chains are fading away, and what's left is either upscale places (like a Wegmans or Whole Foods) and then cut rate, low-priced places. There's not really a demand from anyone for the middle.

Whole Foods is way too expensive. I do a majority of my shopping at Publix but when I'm in Mt. Pleasant, i'll get what I can from Trader Joes. If i'm near my grandmother (about 45 minutes away) I'll get some good stuff at Earth Fare. Of course, the Farmers Market always gets my business. I wonder why it is that grocery chains either don't want to be in "non-oppressed" areas or don't survive.

[Ibanez]

"The chains sometimes, right or wrong, are a little hesitant to locate where they believe it's a high crime area, where there's a lot of shoplifting," Vescio said. "They look more geographically where that store can be located, where enough land is available and they depend on that store to draw from a 20- to 30-mile radius."

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[Grizalltheway]

I actually find Trader Joes to be almost equal to Publix. Some people just want cheap ****.

I read or heard a piece on NPR about the growing dichotomy in grocery stores - the middle of the road chains are fading away, and what's left is either upscale places (like a Wegmans or Whole Foods) and then cut rate, low-priced places. There's not really a demand from anyone for the middle.

Sounds like a reflection of the economy as a whole.

[JohnStOnge]

That is just SO stupid on a variety of levels.