Posted on 04/16/2010 8:31:37 AM PDT by Maelstorm
Isn't this one of the most stupid things? I mean if you can't find fresh food in Queens then you must be an idiot. Does everyone now deserve a Wholefoods next door? What is going to happen is they are going to waste these funds on another billion dollars in bad loans that most likely won't be repaid because the stores will go out of business. Also Walmart tried to build a superstore in Queens and guess what the local politicians and activist groups steamrolled the idea. So screw them.
Wal-Mart Drops Plans for Its First Store in New York City
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/walmart/bails_newyorkcity.php
Most retarded waste of government money in history.
They’ll put existing businesses out of business and they’ll have to subsidize these Gov’t Grocers forever.
No, they just want someone to bring them free food to their houses so they won’t have to get off their lazy a$$es and actually have to do something for themselves.
Nonsense. I was born and raised in Queens. My mother still lives there. If you can’t find a GROCERY STORE in Queens, there is something seriously wrong with you.
Regards,
Does everyone now deserve a Wholefoods next door?
Yes, it is now one of the basic rights, like health care, internet with broadband, housing, transportation, etc.
I recently moved to a house where it’s about 4 miles to the grocery store. I demand one be built closer to my home!
Plus, I want a farmer’s market next door!
A few years ago the news out of Detroit was about the chain retailers were packing up and leaving town because there was no money to be made there.
Unintended consequence will be to put the bodegas out of business.
That ought to go over well.
I want a pipeline that delivers beer to my house. Infrastructure.
Growing up we lived more than 30 minutes away from the grocery store but then again we grew our own food and hunted and fished and had cows, chickens, pigs, et. What gets me is that they suggest that obesity is caused by not having a grocery store within walking distance. It is crazy idiocy and just another indicator of our entitlement society.
Not true.
Recent phenomonon in TX, pizza joints opening up that deliver unbaked pizzas and other items to food stamp recipients.
Regulars customers often find their pizzas got accidentally baked, and by ordering the expensive pies, salads, breadsticks and whatnot wind up in the order.
There’s no end to the food stamp fraud potential in NY. Do you really think they’ll be on the phone demanding delivery of butternut squash and fresh green beans?
The corner deli makes a "food desert"?
Lack of reliable food in... Queens?
If this isn't from the Onion, then Gabriel really, truly needs to blow his horn NOW.
We we visited NY...we had no difficulty in finding ANY KIND of store you wanted....and I’m from TEXAS!
The city of Dallas subsidized a downtown grocery for a while, it was a real stupid idea. The city of Dallas owns a radio station and is starting on a $500 million city-owned hotel in a depressed market where the hotels can’t get enough business.
Fresh vegetables are often sold out of the back of vans in those nabes..
But they don’t pay taxes so they don’t count.
All they needed was a federal subsidy I guess
I couldn’t believe it when I read it. This is wrong on so many levels.
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