I have the same options and personally I'd be perfectly happy to let one or the other go. Ideally it'd make room in the market for something new, since these ar

I have the same options and personally I'd be perfectly happy to let one or the other go. Ideally it'd make room in the market for something new, since these are almost exactly the same and scarcely a mile apart. There are also plenty of other grocery stores in precisely the same area: both Town and Country Market and Trader Joes, as well as the Ballard farmer's market. It's strange to me the way that people talk about these stores as if they were their personal property, and theirs to decide whether or not they shut down, without even a mention about the very practical reasons these stores might have to merge or shut down (which may end up happening anyway, even if the merger fails).