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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (65057)12/4/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: coug  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Good morning Christine,

I have mixed emotions on the Starbucks/Walmart issue.
By having centralized shopping there is less environmental
degradation.. by having people wasting energy chasing around
towns to a myriad of small businesses, there is a tremendous energy saving. I feel for the small business person but we have a DYNAMIC social structure and we have to CHANGE with the times...Now if they just cut down on vast paved parking sites to handle that once a year Xmas rush, we would do well.

BTW, we like Costco because it is basically ONE STOP shopping from food to tires.. A modern day equivalent of an old general store.

This theme also goes to high rise developments. I know a lot of places don't like it because it destroys character BUT it cuts down on SPRAWL in this age of ever increasing
population.. So IMO, I would rather have a lack of "city character" and more presrved wildness.. Built up, Not out.

Since chains are inevitable, I would rather have SBUX come in with a social conscious towards all their workers than someone else.. Now if they would cut down drive thru windows, so all the "not so hip" would walk up and not idle
away X gallons of gas to get one little cup of coffee, we would be better off.

coug
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