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Trader Joe's too snazzy for one Portland neighborhood
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:03 pm
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Trader Joe’s, the privately held retail grocery chain, has cancelled plans to open a store in a poor neighborhood in the northeastern section of Portland, Ore., following “negative reactions” from the local community.
The Portland African American Leadership Forum objected to the proposed development partly because it feared that the new retail complex would eventually push up rental prices in the area and drive out the local black community.
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This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 9:05 pm
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Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:04 pm to Palmetto08
so a sack and save would be preferred. And I'd be willing to bet, it's because they do not accept government assistance cards as well.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:05 pm to Palmetto08
Portland has a black community.... 
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:05 pm to Palmetto08
This is so America.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:05 pm to Palmetto08
Their green tea ice cream is the shite 
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:05 pm to Palmetto08
quote:
The Portland African American Leadership Forum objected to the proposed development partly because it feared that the new retail complex would eventually push up rental prices in the area and drive out the local black community.
Nobody's gonna stop us from keeping our ghetto ghetto, dammit!
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:06 pm to Palmetto08
Unbelievable.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:06 pm to Palmetto08
We want a shitty store got damn it!
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:06 pm to Palmetto08
What about a Piggly Wiggly?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:06 pm to Palmetto08
quote:
it feared that the new retail complex would eventually push up rental prices in the area and drive out the local black community.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:07 pm to The Sad Banana
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This is so Portland.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:07 pm to Y.A. Tittle
How is a grocery store going to drive up rental costs?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:08 pm to dcrews
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:08 pm to Palmetto08
So they're afraid that Trader Joe's will make their neighborhood too nice? Down with gentrification!
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm to Palmetto08
they don't like cookie butter?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm to Palmetto08
Calm down Portland.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm to The Sad Banana
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How is a grocery store going to drive up rental costs?
A neighborhood where one can buy trendy foodstuffs may become more desirable than one where you cannot?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm to Palmetto08
Walmarks ain't welcome in whiteys hood neitha
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:09 pm to Peazey
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So they're afraid that Trader Joe's will make their neighborhood too nice? Down with gentrification!
Do you know the condition of the neighborhood right now?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:10 pm to Winkface
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his is so Portland.
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