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| From | Greg Cagle <gregc@gregcagle.com> |
| Subject | Re: All I'm sayin' |
| Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:07:55 -0800 |
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Looks like Stewart forgot the emoticons again 8^).
- Greg
Josh Chasin wrote:
> Of course, the possibility that I understand you perfectly and that it is
> you who aren't hearing me, is too absurd to even be on the table. So I'll
> just shut stupidly up now. Thank you for the free lesson though. You do
> seem to dispense them freely, and I felt like I wouldn't be one of the cool
> kids till I got one.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stewart Mason" <flamingo@theworld.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>; <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: All I'm sayin'
>
>
>
>>At 05:15 PM 12/3/2003 -0500, josh chasin wrote:
>>
>>>Wal-Mart kills downtowns.
>>>
>>>The fact that other things kill downtowns-- economic downturn, major
>>>employer leaving the area, demographic shift-- does not negate the fact
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> that
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>>>Wal-Mart kills downtowns. Pointing to a downtown killed but not by
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> Wal-Mart
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>>>is a little like saying lung cancer isn't deadly because this guy I know,
>
> he
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>>>died from Diabetes.
>>
>>Uh-huh. And saying that Wal-Mart kills downtowns is like saying that
>>someone who was hit by a car died of lung cancer. Let's try this again
>
> and
>
>>I'll try to make it as clear as I possibly can. Urban sprawl kills
>>downtowns. Here, I'll set it off for you:
>>
>>Urban sprawl kills downtowns.
>>
>>Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers are a phenomenon related to, but
>>***distinct from***, urban sprawl. If you waved a magic wand and
>>eliminated all the Wal-Marts everywhere, URBAN SPRAWL WOULD STILL EXIST.
>>And downtowns would still be dead.
>>
>>It's easy and fun to point at Wal-Mart and say it's all their fault, which
>>is why it's so popular to gang up on them. But start talking about
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> infill,
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>>neighborhood renewal, mixed-use zoning laws, historical preservation and
>>tax credits for downtown businesses -- you know, the stuff that actually
>>*combats* urban sprawl -- and people's eyes glaze over. Much like those
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> of
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>>87% of those reading this thread. It's much easier to self-rightoeusly
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> say
>
>>"Well, I won't shop at Wal-Mart." Good for you, Sparky. I'm sure you
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> feel
>
>>much better about yourself. But you have not done one goddamn thing to
>>actually help fix the problem.
>>
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