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N.B. for headline-readers: the land use restrictions in question are deed covenants, not zoning restrictions.

by kristjansson 2y ago

furyofantares 2y ago
Also nobody was murdered
- 93po 2y ago
  just metaphorically crushed under the boot of capitalism
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    You know, I miss the times where these big merger companies at least laid low for a few years before enacting obvious greed. I don't even think the merger is finalized yet and the fact that this kind of stuff isn't a death kiss for the trials is a failure in and of itself.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    And the boot of big government. The vacant store has a 100 miles of literal desert in each direction and nobody can build a competing store because the environmental review process is weaponized.
    - insane_dreamer 2y ago
      that's not the issue -- it's much much more expensive to build a store on undeveloped land, even if it weren't restricted, than remodel an existing structure
      - s1artibartfast 2y ago
        are we reading the same article? It talks about lawsuits aimed to stop grocery store construction as well. >In Mammoth Lakes, Vons is the main supermarket, and there are suspicions they have been working to limit the construction and growth of a competitor, Grocery Outlet, through environmental claims. In 2017, a group, Sustainable Mammoth Lakes, filed to prevent the construction of a small Grocery Outlet occupying slightly more than one acre, with just 49 parking spots, on a spot that had already had commercial building and was close to a highway.
        insane_dreamer 2y ago
        that's a separate issue than leasing the empty KMart (another strategy for blocking competitors but a separate issue nonetheless)
        s1artibartfast 2y ago
        My point is that they go hand in hand. I started my original statement with the word AND. If you have a protracted legal battle for a new construction, intense zoning regulation, and laws against new development, then of course you will have all kinds of games played to control the existing supply. See also: housing

N.B. for headline-readers: the land use restrictions in question are deed covenants, not zoning restrictions.

furyofantares 2y ago

Also nobody was murdered

93po 2y ago
just metaphorically crushed under the boot of capitalism
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  You know, I miss the times where these big merger companies at least laid low for a few years before enacting obvious greed. I don't even think the merger is finalized yet and the fact that this kind of stuff isn't a death kiss for the trials is a failure in and of itself.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  And the boot of big government. The vacant store has a 100 miles of literal desert in each direction and nobody can build a competing store because the environmental review process is weaponized.
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    that's not the issue -- it's much much more expensive to build a store on undeveloped land, even if it weren't restricted, than remodel an existing structure
    - s1artibartfast 2y ago
      are we reading the same article? It talks about lawsuits aimed to stop grocery store construction as well. >In Mammoth Lakes, Vons is the main supermarket, and there are suspicions they have been working to limit the construction and growth of a competitor, Grocery Outlet, through environmental claims. In 2017, a group, Sustainable Mammoth Lakes, filed to prevent the construction of a small Grocery Outlet occupying slightly more than one acre, with just 49 parking spots, on a spot that had already had commercial building and was close to a highway.
      - insane_dreamer 2y ago
        that's a separate issue than leasing the empty KMart (another strategy for blocking competitors but a separate issue nonetheless)
        s1artibartfast 2y ago
        My point is that they go hand in hand. I started my original statement with the word AND. If you have a protracted legal battle for a new construction, intense zoning regulation, and laws against new development, then of course you will have all kinds of games played to control the existing supply. See also: housing