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> as if you're suggesting a McDonald's and a Walmart instead of a local breakfast shop and cafe and a small salon and a cute general store I'd take the McDona
by Tade0 3y ago
> as if you're suggesting a McDonald's and a Walmart instead of a local breakfast shop and cafe and a small salon and a cute general store
I'd take the McDonald's and Walmart any day over the rest. In fact, I have a McDonald's and several supermarkets(including discount stores) within walking distance.
In your vicinity you'd want to have your basic necessities, not businesses catering to those who can afford to buy their breakfast and/or coffee every day.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> not businesses catering to those who can afford to buy their breakfast and/or coffee every day. Thats literally what McDonalds is??
- Tade0 3y agoThat's a cultural difference I guess. Around here it's where teenagers congregate as their first stop when hanging out. I mean, there's even a haircut named after this phenomenon (the "meet me at McDonald's").
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoI understand that, but I am not sure we should discriminate based on the class of the customer base.
- bandyaboot 3y agoThe existence of a local cafe doesn’t require that everyone go there every day.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoIt also doesn't require that eating there is prohibitively expensive.
- Tade0 3y agoMy point is that the tone of that comment suggests that the mentioned businesses are (or should be) somehow more desirable than a Walmart, when the converse is true. Chiefly, they're not essential and do nothing for those who can't afford to eat out or will go there once a month maybe because they're at work when it's open. A large supermarket with the scale and logistics to offer low prices and long opening hours serves the population at large, not just the affluent. And that's the first thing what you want in a thriving city, otherwise you're just making a theme park.