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In reply to the discussion: We had a neighborhood dilemma, stood up against it, and we lost [View all]shanti
(21,675 posts)1. you can bet
the dollar store will be feeling it when there are no customers. heh!
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Family Dollar, or Dollar Tree? Family Dollar (rips off poor people) was bought out by
djean111
Apr 2016
#3
Likely your local planning department sees your neighborhood as being poor soon.
Baobab
Apr 2016
#85
Love all the signs!!! I hope the community does not give them their business!
secondwind
Apr 2016
#8
I was shocked to see one open on the Great River Road in Pepin, WI, last year.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2016
#31
Family Dollar should change thier name to "The Family Takes Your Last Dollar". They're not really
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#23
I fail to see how one Family Tree store "costs more in community services and decline in quality of
WinkyDink
Apr 2016
#26
I presume the site is legally zoned for this store? As you noted, the "acceptable" flower store
WinkyDink
Apr 2016
#25
Oh, pipe down. I spent my youth and career in my same small town; I know perfectly well and
WinkyDink
Apr 2016
#73
While perhaps true, this isn't exactly a new phenomenon in American business. Yes, I grew up
WinkyDink
Apr 2016
#72
"Big companies build and buildings grow, or die": Yeah.. like sharks . . . n/t
annabanana
Apr 2016
#78
Nope, like scum in a stagnant pond, blocking out all the light to the life below.
hunter
Apr 2016
#93
If your city council didn't help you then you must not have a coalition large enough to scare them.
TeamPooka
Apr 2016
#48
The homogenization of America continues & will not stop until every community looks like the
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#64
We have one right around the corner in this quiet little area where we live.
anniebelle
Apr 2016
#70