Wal-Fart Tries again for New York

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Sometimes that one thing grows into 5 or 6 things. I suffer from Target Disease big-time. I go in to pick up a video game for my nephew or a movie, and I walk out with $80 worth of stuff. Damn damn damn!

Does Wal-Mart disease work the same way, or is that just Type 2 diabetes and hypertension? I kid...

Stores, particularly superstores, love shoppers like you. I call that the "damn, I spent a lot" recipe once you get to the register.

I'm more of a planned shopper especially when it comes to superstores. If I go to SuperTarget for a couple of items, I usually only get the couple of items. I don't browse the store and pick up stuff unless I intentionally allotted a few extra minutes and extra dollars to pick up stuff.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Wal-Mart in Okieland is truly a thing to behold.

People who are too fat to walk around the store and thus must use motorized scooters are practically a dime-a-dozen.

Yes--That is common in Kentucky too. I can also bet on having to pass by someone who's B.O. smells like they havent showered in weeks each and everytime I am in there.

I try to stick with Kroger or Target whenever possible just to avoid longer lines and less riff-raff.

[33girl]

I used to be like that with Target when it first came here, but now I'm more "go in, get it, get out."

I'll go there and K-Mart (the K Mart is the nearest and least stressful) but I avoid Walmart like the plague, unless it's 1 AM and I need Nyquil or something. The nearest Walmart to me supposedly is the one with the worst shoplifting rate in the land.

Target is going into East Liberty (where many of the shoppers don't have cars) and it will be interesting to see. Finally a replacement for the Sears that closed in the 1980s.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Target is going into East Liberty (where many of the shoppers don't have cars) and it will be interesting to see. Finally a replacement for the Sears that closed in the 1980s.

That certainly is interesting. Do you usually go to the Target in Homestead? I used to work there.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

In Manhattan, chances are they'll deliver like Target, Costco, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Other box stores have been extremely successful.

Our local grocery store started a delivery service in the last year. The weird thing is that I'm on the outskirts of Suburbia, and the only excuse for having your groceries delivered is if you are extremely elderly or disabled....other than that I would just consider people lazy that use it. I guess they have enough demand to keep It going, though.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by agzg

That certainly is interesting. Do you usually go to the Target in Homestead? I used to work there.

Either there or Monroeville. The Waterfront isn't as handy as it used to be since I moved, not to mention the construction from hell that has been going on for the last year or so.

But yeah, it is bizarre to see this gigunda Target going up right on Penn Ave. I forget if I mentioned there's now an Anthropologie and a fancy bike shop in EL too...the neighborhood is changing so much and I just hope it ends up being a positive thing.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Either there or Monroeville. The Waterfront isn't as handy as it used to be since I moved, not to mention the construction from hell that has been going on for the last year or so.

But yeah, it is bizarre to see this gigunda Target going up right on Penn Ave. I forget if I mentioned there's now an Anthropologie and a fancy bike shop in EL too...the neighborhood is changing so much and I just hope it ends up being a positive thing.

I hope so, too. For such a blighted neighborhood they could really use some positive businesses going in. It probably won't be a Super Target, though - is a Giant Eagle moving in next door?

ETA: Is this part of a gentrification initiative for that area? If so, where will the people that live in Sliberty go?

ETA2: I didn't know there was construction going on around the Waterfront. When I was there (I lived right over the Homestead Grey's bridge in Squirrel Hill/Greenfield) they were just working on the bridge.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Our local grocery store started a delivery service in the last year. The weird thing is that I'm on the outskirts of Suburbia, and the only excuse for having your groceries delivered is if you are extremely elderly or disabled....other than that I would just consider people lazy that use it. I guess they have enough demand to keep It going, though.

I say most of the people who use that service are just lazy. The elderly or disabled will be a relatively small percentage of the users.

I like that some stores have the curbside service. You order online and they get the groceries to you. I have never used it because I have no reason to. It is mostly used by parents of young children, elderly, and disabled. I guess some lazy people also use it but lazy people may also be too lazy to place an order and sit on a curb for it.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by agzg

I hope so, too. For such a blighted neighborhood they could really use some positive businesses going in. It probably won't be a Super Target, though - is a Giant Eagle moving in next door?

ETA: Is this part of a gentrification initiative for that area? If so, where will the people that live in Sliberty go?

It's right across the street from the GE there. There's also a Trader Joe's in the old Phar Mor plaza but it's a really tiny one and IMO impossible to do your full food shopping there - for example, I went there and then had to go to the Bird & get basic things like tomato juice because TJ's didn't have it. The big deal is Whole Foods, which is over in the Circle and actually has to have parking lot attendants because it gets so insanely packed.

In answer to your ETA, I would say yes, and well, that's part of my concern. They're trying to rebrand the area as "Eastside" and trying to appeal to what is referred to as the creative class (or hipsters, YMMV). This explains it better than I can.

http://www.eastofliberty.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoODGpf4ing

The thing is, the Target should have been the FIRST thing to go into the neighborhood (as I said, to replace the Sears and to give the area a general merchandise store other than Family Dollar) but I guess they wanted to wait and see how things would shake out. I can't blame them as a business, but as a person it kind of irks me that they lacked the balls to step up.

ETA: The Rankin bridge is the construction I refer to. It's a pain in the ass.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It's right across the street from the GE there. There's also a Trader Joe's in the old Phar Mor plaza but it's a really tiny one and IMO impossible to do your full food shopping there - for example, I went there and then had to go to the Bird & get basic things like tomato juice because TJ's didn't have it. The big deal is Whole Foods, which is over in the Circle and actually has to have parking lot attendants because it gets so insanely packed.

In answer to your ETA, I would say yes, and well, that's part of my concern. They're trying to rebrand the area as "Eastside" and trying to appeal to what is referred to as the creative class (or hipsters, YMMV). This explains it better than I can.

http://www.eastofliberty.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoODGpf4ing

The thing is, the Target should have been the FIRST thing to go into the neighborhood (as I said, to replace the Sears and to give the area a general merchandise store other than Family Dollar) but I guess they wanted to wait and see how things would shake out. I can't blame them as a business, but as a person it kind of irks me that they lacked the balls to step up.

ETA: The Rankin bridge is the construction I refer to. It's a pain in the ass.

I'll watch those when I get home from work - thanks so much.

Also, I did know about the Rankin bridge but totally forgot - I have a few friends that live in Pgh still and they complain about it pretty consistently. One friend mentioned he sat on the bridge for over 2 hours one day.

ETA: Also, I wouldn't call hipsters a trade up from the current/recent population.

[cheerfulgreek]

I hope they fail.

NinjaPoodle, I love you for the title of this thread. You Win!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I hope they fail.

NinjaPoodle, I love you for the title of this thread. You Win!

LOL. Exactly!

[knight_shadow]

CG absolutely hates Wally World hahaha

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

DC is getting FOUR Walmarts. I am so disappointed.

The problem with Wally Worlds is that they spread like cancer once they taste even marginal success. Those four Walmarts in DC could end up becoming 9 Walmarts by 2020......


I'm not a fan of Walmart myself, but they are extremely popular here in El Paso, TX. There is a Walmart about a mile and a half east as well as one about a mile and a half west of me. Both on the same street.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

The problem with Wally Worlds is that they spread like cancer once they taste even marginal success. Those four Walmarts in DC could end up becoming 9 Walmarts by 2020......


I'm not a fan of Walmart myself, but they are extremely popular here in El Paso, TX. There is a Walmart about a mile and a half east as well as one about a mile and a half west of me. Both on the same street.

I can SOMEWHAT understand the abundance of Wal-Marts in Sunbelt states, but that's ridiculous. Are you near DT EP? Or on the outskirts?

There's a WM less than a mile from my apartment, and probably 4-5 within a 10 mile radius. I live in one of the larger suburbs, though, so I get it. I would be highly upset if they built one in DT Dallas, FW, or in Las Colinas.