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| From | "MTN HIGH" <mtn-high@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Wal-mart (minimal music content) |
| Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 23:55:16 +0000 |
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The Vail Valley has also been invaded in the last few months by Wal-Mart and
Home Depot's *big box* stores. This is good...and bad.
The good: Unlike other cities/towns where you have a *choice* where you
shop...here in happy valley we've historically been treated to *ultra-high
prices* from the mom and pop stores for everything from a gallon of milk
($4) or gas, (currently $1.79 per gallon) a CD, (full retail) or a 100' roll
of 12/3 electrical wire. (about $27) I know that folks in retail need to
make a living...but seriously...charging up to 3X what an identical item
costs in a competitve area such as a city is just plain gouging. As a
result, we'd routinely make the 100+ mile drive one-way to Denver to stock
up on everything from groceries to hardware...and yes...pop CD's. (if it's
not mainstream/radio type stuff, you won't find it here anyway) Now that
mega-volume pricing has hit town...I no longer need to make that long drive
or shop at the ripoff stores who prey on the vacationers here with FULL
wallets while *completely ignoring* the locals that keep them alive *only*
because they had little choice but to buy their incredibly high-priced items
on a daily basis. No sympathy here. Sorry.
The bad: While we supposedly ran them through the ringer on the
design/landscaping process...neither the Wal-Mart or the HD fit in with any
of the other structures in the *entire* valley.
They're huge...and they dwarf everything in sight. Heck...they even made a
freeway exit/entrance to serve them. Talk about "pull". Everyone from the
town of Avon to the Colo Dept of Transportation gave concessions to put
these things in place. It was a train on a fast track from day one. Indeed,
cash is king....money talks...etc. As always...no one looked around to see
that these mountain vistas deserve more than this type of development....
From the sound of Ronald's post, it seems that this big box trend is hitting
hard all over the west.
All of the things in the city that we came here to get away from are slowly
creeping in...
As the Shazam sang..."where do we go...from here?"
Pat
>From: ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Wal-mart
>Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:33:55 -0800
>
>Over here in Bozeman they are getting ready to open the Superstore. As a
>result a lot of businesses are doing their best to deal with that. It
>means the locally owned business are expanding their offerings and
>finding new lower prices. In the last three years we've been invaded by
>big box stores of all sorts. While they seem to be pulling in loads of
>business the local hardware, Food Co-op, and book stores are thriving
>because they know what they sell and are our main street friends.
>Literally
>
>I still find it shocking that people love their Wal-Mart. You would be
>surprised how many people pissed and moaned because the city made WM
>jump through some hoops to open and then expand. As a result the Bzm WM
>isn't as ugly as the one up the road in Helena. What it stands for is
>ugly, but so is most big business.
>
>Some local film makers did a devastating documentary about the cult of
>people who live in their mobile homes, and travel aimlessly from
>Wal-Mart parking lot to Wal-Mart parking lot. Might be called No Place
>To Go... Now that is a sign of the end of civilization as we know it.
>
>RS
>
>AssociationWorks wrote:
>
> > Wal-Mart is probably a more evil corporation than Clear Channel.
> > Talk about destroying diversity and Main Street America!!
> >
> > - Jeff
>
>-- Ronald Sanchez
>Director Of A&R
>Career Records
> www.CareerRecords.com
>
>The Donovan's Brain Web Site
> www.Donovans-Brain.com
>
>
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