Whole Foods signs South Hills lease (Pittsburgh, Scranton: health insurance, house, purchase)

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Originally Posted by lifepgh2op

IHowever, when I read an article about this Whole Foods opening and I read that residents of USC were concerned with what types of people this WF would attract to their community, I realized most residents will never want a Walmart Supercenter near them because of the type of people it will attract.

I suspect the residents are concerned about the employees, not who shops at Whole Foods.

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[Moby Hick]

Originally Posted by lifepgh2op

"Residents expressed concern about traffic and customers the grocer would draw from other communities."

That's pretty funny. I wonder if the people in Mt. Lebo, Carnegie and such places get to object every time USC puts in a new house. That adds to the traffic driving through their communities.

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Originally Posted by Moby Hick

That's pretty funny. I wonder if the people in Mt. Lebo, Carnegie and such places get to object every time USC puts in a new house. That adds to the traffic driving through their communities.

They could if they go to the meetings in those towns regarding new housing plans. People do have voices. Keep in mind, if you do have concern the meetings don't come to you and you do need to be very proactive. Sometimes people do stop a company or plan. I know Oakmont stopped a McDonalds and the McDonalds was built in Verona/Penn Hills instead. I suspect if McDonalds really pushed they could have won the right, but PR is something they consider.

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Originally Posted by h_curtis

I suspect the residents are concerned about the employees, not who shops at Whole Foods.

I live in walking distance to this. The jobs will likely be filled very locally from USC/BP/ML much as jobs at TJs were.

Trust me, USC residents are worried about the riff-raff from Bridgeville crossing the border :-)

I might have to attend a meeting or two on this for entertainment. The development right behind Consol is fairly new, very Republican (I know this from canvassing there) and has its share of McMansions which may now see their value decline depending on how the parking layout and traffic flow is designed.

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Originally Posted by sskink

Trust me, USC residents are worried about the riff-raff from Bridgeville crossing the border :-)

Riffraff shopping at Whole Foods? Seems the USC folks need to get out more.

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I bet they're actually worried about an influx of crunchiness to their neighborhood.

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Man the South Hills is weird, worried about having Whole Foods, LOL. I could understand if it was a Walmart....

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I am glad that there will be so many stores to chose from I love WF's fruit cake; it is so much better that Giant Eagle's.
GE's has a very runny custard and it's not at all yummy. I also love WF's bread.

As for Polish Hill I'm surprised nobody thought about putting a 7-11 there.

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Originally Posted by greg42

Man the South Hills is weird, worried about having Whole Foods, LOL. I could understand if it was a Walmart....

They might like a Wal*Mart even more. If you look at the electoral map, the WF development butts right up against one of the reddest parts of USC.

But once they realize they can actually find a parking space to go grocery shopping on a Sunday they'll accept it