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re: Trader Joe's too snazzy for one Portland neighborhood
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:53 pm to Palmetto08
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:53 pm to Palmetto08
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It said the grocery-store development would "increase the desirability of the neighborhood," for "non-oppressed populations."
Wait...what?
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 3:54 pm
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Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:54 pm to geauxturbo
Hate to say it, but this really reinforces some negative stereotypes. This neighborhood association is it's own worst enemy.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:56 pm to Placebeaux
It's odd that here in Houston, there has been much discussion of "food deserts", urban areas that had no grocery stores. Residents were forced to eat unhealthy (fast foods) because they had no access to healthier options at a grocer. It even got to the point where the city council allowed exceptions to the ordinances that govern alcohol sales near churches/schools to encourage more grocery stores to open in the inner city. I guess some people just can't be pleased.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:58 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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This neighborhood association is it's own worst enemy.
did you miss this little tidbit in the article????
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“All of my neighbors were excited to have Trader Joe’s come here and replace a lot that has always been empty,” said Nghi Tran. “It’s good quality for poor men.” (The property has been vacant for 20 years.) Tran, who has lived in the neighborhood for 15 years, blasted the PAALF, noting, “They don’t come to the neighborhood clean-ups. They don’t [even] live here anymore.”
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:59 pm to CAD703X
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did you miss this little tidbit in the article????
Not surprising. Most "activists" live far from the areas or people they claim to represent.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:02 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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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.
yea but these motherfrickers can put up their section 8 properties wherever the frick they want to....
they RUINED my perfectly cozy childhood neighborhood to the point where my parents had to move... what a bunch of BS
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:06 pm to Mr. Hangover
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LSUomaha3
Havest thou an upvote.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:08 pm to ChoupiqueSacalait
holy shite, thanks
I think that's my first ever... usually nobody replies or cares about someone with a generic username like mine
I think that's my first ever... usually nobody replies or cares about someone with a generic username like mine
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:09 pm to Palmetto08
Gentrification is real
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:09 pm to Palmetto08
My go to grocery store for college. Relatively cheap, interesting selection, healthy, great people. I don't understand how this would drive up rent and the black community out?
If it was a Whole Foods on the other hand...
If it was a Whole Foods on the other hand...
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:30 pm to CAD703X
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All of my neighbors were excited to have Trader Joe’s come here and replace a lot that has always been empty,” said Nghi Tran. “It’s good quality for poor men.
I'm glad someone else saw that. The residents were glad to have it, and fwiw the contractor was also a black owned company. Minority centered interest groups are some of the worst things for the people they are supposed to serve.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:50 pm to Montezuma
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Minority centered interest groups strictly are about power & control
Posted on 2/7/14 at 4:53 pm to SabiDojo
I find it very believable
Posted on 2/7/14 at 5:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:Funny stuff right there.
If white folks leave the urban area, it's racism (White flight) If they move back in, it's racism.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 5:44 pm to Scruffy
I didn't realize there was a black community in portland outside of the trailblazers.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 5:51 pm to TigerStripes06
On a related note,
I was actually baffled when I passed a whole foods off N. Broad in Nola.
I was actually baffled when I passed a whole foods off N. Broad in Nola.
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 6:02 pm to Samso
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I was actually baffled when I passed a whole foods off N. Broad in Nola.
Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. The store opened earlier this week and was welcomed. They seem to be offering more of their cheaper 365 products.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 6:06 pm to TigerStripes06
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didn't realize there was a black community in portland outside of the trailblazers.
ironically enough the police has a a small hub in their neighborhood.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 6:07 pm to notiger1997
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Someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. The store opened earlier this week and was welcomed. They seem to be offering more of their cheaper 365 products.
I see.
The problem with whole foods is that their prices for goods that are available at other stores are significantly more expensive.
Most notably the wine prices.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 6:08 pm to Samso
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Most notably the wine prices.
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