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To: Grainne who wrote (65176)	12/4/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: Alexander	Respond to of 108807

Florida is the same way..The Developers continue to take the Citrus Groves to build 'Ratmazes" on. Near Lake Wales there is a virtual City under construction gobbling up acres and acres of ] Citrus Groves..When we start shipping OJ to China??? what then..:-(

To: Grainne who wrote (65176)	12/5/1999 10:16:00 AM
From: coug	Respond to of 108807

Good morning Christine, <<I'm not sure about your logic here. The downtown areas of towns all over America offered centralized shopping, because stores were clustered there which met all the needs of shoppers, from clothing to drugs to shoe repairs to groceries. Driving to the far edges of the town to shop at WalMart would seem to me to create environmental degradation because it is usually agricultural land that is taken out of use to build the store, and arguably more gasoline is used in getting to far-flung stores.>> Based upon my experiences, back when I was growing up on the ranch in the 50's and 60's, it worked, sort of.. We went to a small town weekly or so, pop. of about 3500 people to shop... No centralized parking.. Relatively far distances to go for heavy and bulky items.. People chased around in their vehicles gathering their stuff. So now in our suburban society, we can chase around to strip malls, the modern equivalent of a small shop keeper or go to Costco, basically once.. One stop, one price shopping. Also there is a matter of distribution, It is more energy efficient to distribute 1000 items to one store than 20 items to 50 small stores scattered around. And for the facility, it seems more efficient to have one big building than a bunch of little ones with their associate heating and maintenance costs, etc ... The "Truman-like" downtown has disappeared. It is not as charming to shop now . but due to the population and the "evolution or "disolution" of our society, it is just the way it is. BTW, Walmart is way down my list compared to Costco. All we need basically now is at Costco, Trader Joes, and Macys. And I agree, it is too bad they don't take the "scabbiest" land around for housing and commerce but with a statement like that, I am being judgemental as all areas, are micro-ecosystems.. Hey ground squirrels and lizards don't like it too wet.. This is just a quick and dirty look into my logic on this issue. c