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Old 09-22-2010, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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San Francisco has a minimum wage of $10 an hour and requires Health Care. WALMART isn't going there
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Old 09-22-2010, 10:41 PM
 
Location: East Bay Area
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The grocery store's only concern is to make money by selling good foods. In West Oakland, population 30,000., they could do just that.
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Old 09-23-2010, 08:03 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Oh Fanatic, you try so hard yet accomplish nothing, getting shot down each and every time. If it werent so pathetic it might actually be funny. This is just another example of you holding Oakland to a different standard because of your deep seeded resentment of the fact that Oakland has so much going for it-despite it being full of people you do not like-namely racial minorities AND upwardly mobile, wealthy liberals and left leaning yuppies. But never fear we are here to help you. LOL.
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Old 09-23-2010, 10:18 AM
 
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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San Francisco has a minimum wage of $10 an hour and requires Health Care. WALMART isn't going there
Well, most grocery chains have a unionized workforce anyway, so that would be a moot point.
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Old 09-23-2010, 10:34 AM
 
Location: Mission Viejo, CA / San Rafael, CA
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The grocery store's only concern is to make money by selling good foods. In West Oakland, population 30,000., they could do just that.
That's arguable.

As someone who has worked with commercial firms in property acquisition, one of the main analytics we consider is the adverse affect of crime in an area.

For instance, I was contracted by a major restaurant chain to evaluate a location for them in Vallejo. One of the concerns was the feasibility of having 24 hour service. The area I found was a hot spot for armed robbery. So after calculating the cost of 24 hour security, and considering the clientèle in the area, I gave an unfavorable report for the location, and the chain decided not to open up a location in the area.
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Old 09-23-2010, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Mission Viejo, CA / San Rafael, CA
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This is just another example of you holding Oakland to a different standard because of your deep seeded resentment of the fact that Oakland has so much going for it
Like what? Let's go down the list.

Great schools? - No.
Hot spot for private investment? - Nope.
Affordable housing for the middle class? - Negative.
Low crime rate? - Definitely not.
Fiscally solvent? - No way.

Yeah, I think you pretty much put your foot in your mouth.
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Old 09-23-2010, 11:25 AM
 
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Well, most grocery chains have a unionized workforce anyway, so that would be a moot point.
Most grocery stores have unionized workforces, yes. Wal-mart? No, absolutely not.
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Old 09-23-2010, 03:06 PM
 
Location: Silicon Valley, CA
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Most grocery stores have unionized workforces, yes. Wal-mart? No, absolutely not.
Yes - WalMart is vehemently anti-union - I think the one time a WM staff successfully unionized was in Quebec, Canada - and the company chose to close down the store.
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Old 09-23-2010, 05:09 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Like what? Let's go down the list.

Great schools? - No.
Hot spot for private investment? - Nope.
Affordable housing for the middle class? - Negative.
Low crime rate? - Definitely not.
Fiscally solvent? - No way.

Yeah, I think you pretty much put your foot in your mouth.
There is absolutely zero new development in Oakland over the past 10 years. I mean clearly all that new stuff in Jack London Square is in Alameda. And well the shiny new Michelin starred restaurant on Piedmont Ave is in Piedmont. And the new luxury apartment complexes in Downtown (The Uptown, the Grand) are mirages. As are the renovations at Lake Merritt. That 10k plan for residents downtown was a figment of my imagination. Oh and the new Walmart, oh that must be in San Leandro since it is by the airport. Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Farmer Joes, renovated Safeways. Another figment of my imagination. I clearly did not read any articles about a Target opening up in the former Expo. Or the article originally mentioned in thes thread about a Walmart coming to town.

I mean there is no possible way that economic development is increasing with the Airport Connector or the Broadway shuttle downtown.

I can't even fathom why the new online publications Oakland North and Oakland Local have development sections. There must be no possible content for those.
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Old 09-23-2010, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Like what? Let's go down the list.

Great schools? - No.
Hot spot for private investment? - Nope.
Affordable housing for the middle class? - Negative.
Low crime rate? - Definitely not.
Fiscally solvent? - No way.

Yeah, I think you pretty much put your foot in your mouth.
Once again you prove my point perfectly. You single out Oakland for problems that every large California city has. Its pure hypocrisy especially since the OCs own two largest cities suffer from severe defincies in culture and sophistication vs.Oakland. And neither of those cesspools of tackiness are anywhere near affordable and their schools basically suck if u arent rich or gifted. Your getting boring.
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