tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671871.post1875884349580268041..comments2023-08-10T05:17:03.068-04:00Comments on Art Meets Earth: The Actual Cost of Low PricesWaltzing Stella Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479417403256980680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671871.post-7008457680099329372008-03-25T17:27:00.000-04:002008-03-25T17:27:00.000-04:00Little stores that make a little profit off common...Little stores that make a little profit off common items will not have that revenue after the super department store opens. And the recession will direct responsible mortgaged households to purchase economically, i,e, at the cheapest source. <BR/> EcoCentric<BR/> Jt Brennan IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19671871.post-24952682488747257572008-03-24T22:42:00.000-04:002008-03-24T22:42:00.000-04:00For what it's worth here's my 2 cents: I lived for...For what it's worth here's my 2 cents: I lived for a few years in the beautiful little Rocky Mountain town of Salida, CO (pop. 5,000). There was a lovely downtown with 1 traffic light, lots of small "Mom & Pop" type businesses which serviced the community very well. Some of these businesses had been serving Salida for many generations. Then Wal-Mart was allowed to come to Salida. One ofter another of these little shops were forced out of business as more and more people took their business and their dollars to W-M. I have been back to Salida recently and it has changed - drastically and not for the better. There is now a strip mall atmosphere out on Hwy. 50 which is also where WM is located. The downtown is filled with antique shops where service oriented businesses used to be. Salida will never again be the same thanks to the big box stores. <BR/><BR/>Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that by allowing such stores into a community will ever be a good thing. Yes, prices are lower because these stores buy by the trainload. No one stops to ask what the hidden costs are: sweat-shop labor, child labor, enormous transportation costs with all of the embedded energy involved, low wages for employees, and the list could go on and on. <BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope the people of Bellaire and Antrim County rise up and fight against this atrocity. <BR/><BR/>Lindy BarnesLindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05315980350142729265noreply@blogger.com