Posted on 08/15/2024 4:52:31 AM PDT by from occupied ga
Costco, the international bulk grocery chain known for its warehouse looks and difficult-to-beat deals, is hard at work on what could be considered its biggest new product launch in years: affordable housing.
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but a whopping 800 residential units, including 184 set aside specifically for low-income tenants.
The redone site will not only encompass the store and 800 individual apartments, it will also include a fitness area, multi-use community space, multiple courtyards and landscaped paths, a rooftop pool, and other amenities like gardens. Oh, and lots of parking too, of course.
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Answer their most recent decision to put all Costco rotisserie chickens in a bag so they can leak in our cars, this is my response:
**Costco’s New Rotisserie Chicken Packaging: A Bold Statement in the Battle for Greasy Dominance**
In a move that has left many Costco members scratching their heads—and wiping their car seats—Costco has recently decided to replace the beloved plastic clamshell for its iconic rotisserie chickens with something far more avant-garde: a plastic bag that leaks in every imaginable environment. Whether it’s your Costco shopping cart, the pristine backseat of your car, or—heaven forbid—the front seat of your weekend cruiser, these new plastic bags are revolutionizing what it means to transport poultry.
It seems the team at Costco was tired of the mundane and predictable nature of the clamshell, a packaging choice that—let’s be honest—was just a little too functional. In what can only be described as a genius move, they’ve managed to capture the essence of chaos and surprise, turning the simple act of bringing home a chicken into an adventure that leaves a lasting impression—quite literally—on your upholstery.
Costco insiders reveal that this decision was not made lightly. In fact, it’s rumored that the new board members, recently voted in, had one primary goal: to show America who’s really in power. Forget those discounted Kirkland jeans and bland T-shirts—true power, it seems, lies in your ability to sport a greasy stain on your front seat, a stain that says, “I shop at Costco, and I’m proud of it.” Because nothing screams “in and chic” quite like the sight of a rotisserie chicken oil slick that forces your friends to take the backseat of your Mercedes Benz.
The brilliance of this packaging change is that it’s more than just a nod to the unpredictability of life—it’s a strategic move in social engineering. Now, instead of the awkward silence that often accompanies a long drive, you get to enjoy the frantic shuffle of your passengers as they avoid the expanding grease blotch. It’s a conversation starter, an icebreaker, and a lesson in the perils of high-volume shopping all rolled into one.
But not everyone is on board with this bold new direction. Some Costco members are wondering if the time has come to take action. Should we, as proud American Costco members and stockholders, vote these new board members out of their positions? After all, this is about more than just poultry packaging—it’s about protecting our seats from stains that even the most powerful cleaning products struggle to remove.
As the debate rages on, one thing is clear: Costco has made its mark, not just on our hearts, but on our cars as well. And in the end, isn’t that what really matters?
“Unless they are very careful about who they let in it’s going to be a disaster.”
That fails no matter what.
It is what I call the “grandma effect”.
Grandma is a sweet black lady—treats everyone great and everybody loves grandma. She would not hurt a fly, goes to church every Sunday, keeps her apartment and hallway neat and clean. You would love grandma as a neighbor.
Then one day grandma gets a phone call. Her daughter (single mom) just got arrested for drug possession (third strike) and will be serving a year in prison.
Grandma agrees to let her daughter’s two kids stay with her while mom is in prison.
One of the kids is a teenage son who belongs to a street gang. Within days after he arrives there are constant burglaries in the complex. Within weeks residents are being attacked by teenage gangs visiting the grandson from the “hood”. In a few months residents are abandoning their apartments and fleeing far away.
The “hood” gangs take over as squatters in the vacant apartments.
In a few years the buildings and site are totally trashed and grandma wonders what went wrong with her “affordable housing”.
I don’t see why anyone would want to do it.
Sadly, yes.
It's all unearned. No blood, sweat and tears invested. Therefor, it has no value for those who have it.
I wonder how all those prefab structures will handle an earthquake. That’s a lot of people huddled together in one place if the big one hits.
Well done!
I didn’t see that in the page I looked at. After your comment I did a search specifically for Costco dividends, that $15 in Jan is a huge outlier it’s not typical of historical dividends, and isn’t consistent forward guidance on dividends. I don’t understand a dividend so outside the norm, but I don’t follow Costco business news, maybe there’s something that can explain it. Anyway, if their share holders are content, they could always work on better deals for their customers.
Do you know if there’s any way to get a comprehensive list of places being rented under Section 8? It would be a useful thing to have.
Seems most “activists” ARE lawyers...or a good portion anyway...but, I agree
The low-income/government-paid Costco housing will likely be nowhere hear an actual Costco warehouse ... that would be bad for business, y’know!
About 50 years ago, there was a very big mall near us. There were condos and a lake to sail on next to the mall. The mall was booming, all sorts of houses, apartments, businesses, restaurants, car dealers, etc. were built around it.
Then in the 1990s, it was decided to build low income housing a couple blocks from there. Businesses closed, the mall was torn down. They claimed it was because the freeway didn’t go through the area, but everyone knows why. It’s a ghetto now.
I love you.
I don’t know of any way to get current Section 8 housing lists.
This is the end result of the plan.
The plan is to build as many apartments as possible labeled as low income housing.
Apartment dwellers do not pay property tax.
Don’t tell me otherwise, I pay more for property tax in a year than they do in rent.
Once the apartment dwellers outnumber the property owners, then the fun begins.
Every single tax increase is passed at a “Special election” that does not occur in November. It’s usually in the summer, when most working people are on vacation.
The first one that passes is “transportation”.
In other words, busses.
Then the residents of the ghetto can come on in for pennies and rob the place blind.
This is the plan.
That’s kind of what I suspect will happen here. Nothing good comes from low income housing. It’s a typical government screw over for the citizens. First pass all sorts of zoning and environmental laws to make housing costs out of sight for most lower middle and lower income families. Next force developers to provide low cost housing, sticking the cost to the entrepreneurs. Next makes sure that the landlord makes so little margin on the low income rental units that he can’t afford to keep them up and couple this with tenants who trash the place because they have no stake in keeping it up and wouldn’t know the difference anyway. Then have a big expose on the news about cockroaches and mold in the place and then shut it down. the landlord loses a significant chunk of his initial capital. The tenents move someplace else. The place gets taken over by squatters/drug addicts and other low life scum. and then start the cycle over someplace else
TRULY 2 GROUPS THAT DO NOT MIX WELL.
In less than a year, the place will be stripped of all it’s appliances, wiring, plumbing etc. Bad move.
I know a guy who bought a duplex that area 40 years ago. They lived in one side, rented out the other. He finally said enough, moved out and tried to sell it. For years. All he could get were dead beat renters, no buyers. It finally sold for half of what he originally paid 40 years earlier. He was glad to get rid of it.
From post
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4258525/posts?page=52#52
Here are photos of before and after:
https://search.brave.com/images?q=northridge%20mall%20milwaukee%20photos
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