Why so few Wal-mart/Target in LA? (Pasadena, Rosemead: compensation, living in)

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by UB50

With gas at $4 a gallon, you'll spend the extra $1 just driving to Walmart. It's not worth it.

Here's the Yelp reviews for the Panorama City Walmart. One star ratings all around! Walmart - North Hills - Panorama City, CA

Walmarts grocery department is actually very expensive compared to the ethnic markets. The produce at Walmart is outrageous!

Lol have you read the reviews?

I used to live a mile from there. I'll admit it's super crowded. But most of the negative review are from non Hispanics calling the place ghetto.

Just a slight touch of racism in those reviews.

[UB50]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

Lol have you read the reviews?

I used to live a mile from there. I'll admit it's super crowded. But most of the negative review are from non Hispanics calling the place ghetto.

Just a slight touch of racism in those reviews.

I used to shop in that store when it was a Broadway and I worked down the street.

I didn't really read the reviews. I've only been in that store once and that was enough. I shopped in the Porter Ranch store when it was new and I worked in Chatsworth -- but then I started "rediscovering" LA and I found that Walmart was actually pretty expensive compared to other places. You can find better quality, more variety and better prices if you just shop around. People who are stuck on Walmart never seem to realize how much they are paying for the privilege of shopping at America's largest retailer.

[Those Who Squirm]

Originally Posted by mrsltd

I go to Ralph's at times, but there's a Vons within walking distance of my apartment and my mainstay over the past eight years has been Stater Bros. (they're great) but lately have been shopping the 99 cent only store and Big Lots. The first has refrigerated and frozen food, and the other has food selections as well.

Figure if I can save money by getting food that's or is virtually the same as at the "name brand" stores, why not?

I've found 99 Cents Only to be great for some things; for instance two four-ounce bottles of Tussin DXM cough syrup cost about half of what you'd pay for one bottle at CVS or Ralphs. But all the food isn't great. All the merchandise isn't great. It can all be somewhat hit or miss. They likely won't have everything you need on a given day*, so you end up having to go to another store anyway. In fairness, this also happens with higher market stores as well; for instance Trader Joes usually has gin and it may have limes, but it won't have tonic water. And they won't have the sodas that people usually want when they don't want alcohol.

[Marv101]

There's no shortage of Target stores in Los Angeles County, or the IE or Orange County either.

WalMart is despised by the Democrats nationwide because it's the nation's largest private employer and has no interest in becoming unionized.

Democrats are willing to impede their constituents from earning a living working in a WalMart while allegedly representing them, disregarding the fact that if WalMart were to become a union shop, the first two things they'd have to do would be to cut their staffing levels and raise their prices in order to accomodate the enormous costs in operating a business which unionization requires and mandates.

[Those Who Squirm]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

24 Walmarts in LA:

Pico Rivera
Norwalk
Torrance
Santa Fe Springs
Lakewood
Long Beach
Industry
Baldwin Park
La Habra
Covina
Anaheim
Westminster
Santa Clarita
Glendora
Santa Ana
Orange
Pomona
Chino

Hmmm...could it possibly be that the news media/propaganda organizations make up stories out of thin air?

You do realize that most of these places are not "neighborhoods in L.A.". They are their own separate cities and most of them are a drag to drive to especially, but not only, if you live anywhere west of DTLA. There's nothing between the average Angeleno and those places but a couple of hours of crawling on the freeway and a few gallons of gas at $4 per.

To those of you who might have wondered about the thread topic yourselves, don't be misled by the above list. Those do not represent Wal-Mart locations in L.A. If you live in L.A. proper, going to those places is called "driving miles out of town to get to a Wally World."

[Marv101]

Your average WalMart is also substantially larger than your average Target, so keep that in mind as well.

If you live in any of LA's suburbs, there's no shortage of either one of them.

[nickdahammer]

I don't think you need be a Democrat to 'despise' Wal-Mart. Just look at all the class-action lawsuits against them. I bet trial lawyers LOVE them. They treat their workers like crap. The last thing they want is collective bargaining. Workers with representation don't trigger 'enormous costs', unless you think saving the middle class is a worthless goal. Without what little bargaining power Unions possess, we would be even closer to either rich or poor and nowhere in-between. Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Marv101

There's no shortage of Target stores in Los Angeles County, or the IE or Orange County either.

WalMart is despised by the Democrats nationwide because it's the nation's largest private employer and has no interest in becoming unionized.

Democrats are willing to impede their constituents from earning a living working in a WalMart while allegedly representing them, disregarding the fact that if WalMart were to become a union shop, the first two things they'd have to do would be to cut their staffing levels and raise their prices in order to accomodate the enormous costs in operating a business which unionization requires and mandates.

[Count David]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

Five-orange, la Habra, Westminster, Santa Ana, and Anaheim.

All the rest are la county.

Not Chino.

[JohnG72]

Originally Posted by Those Who Squirm

You do realize that most of these places are not "neighborhoods in L.A.". They are their own separate cities and most of them are a drag to drive to especially, but not only, if you live anywhere west of DTLA. There's nothing between the average Angeleno and those places but a couple of hours of crawling on the freeway and a few gallons of gas at $4 per.

To those of you who might have wondered about the thread topic yourselves, don't be misled by the above list. Those do not represent Wal-Mart locations in L.A. If you live in L.A. proper, going to those places is called "driving miles out of town to get to a Wally World."

There are four Walmarts within city of LA....

Porter Ranch
Baldwin Hills
Woodland Hills
Panorama City.

[UB50]

Originally Posted by JohnG72

There are four Walmarts within city of LA....

Porter Ranch
Baldwin Hills
Woodland Hills
Panorama City.

And none of those are 24-hour Walmarts. I don't think any of those are Supercenters either -- just normal sized Walmart stores.