Don't bother. They're here.
Walmart would love to expand in the San Jose- Oakland -San Frencisco bey area. Eight million people but only a handful of walmarts largely on the extreme peripheries of the region too. The closed Oakland store was walmart’s only outlet in that major city of 400,000 people . Walmart has been blocked from getting even a single store in San Francisco (800,000), Marin county (about 400,,000) and San Mateo county (another 800,000 people) It’s a combination of leftist politicians being paid off by some small local businessmen who do t want to have to compete for their now- captive customers. Result of course is some richer politician- whores and higher prices, higher cost of living for millions of people. But anyway Oakland residents now have to drive a few miles to the San Leandro Walmart store ( which may close next we hear?). And over 450” jobs are lost. And Oakland loses all the sales tax revenue too, which will hurt the city quite a bit. Very sad but who knows? Maybe someday something else might show up there —?
Don't bother. They're here.
I realize it's sarcasm, but be careful what you wish for.
We lost one of only two honest-to-god hardware stores in town and got a virtually empty community action (ACORN) center, followed up by an expanded Salvation Army center complete with a soccer field for deprived kiddies and a service center for handouts.
PS: The soccer field replaces a very popular small business vegetable garden & stand (of course, they hinted at creating a smaller plot to rent out).