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In reply to the discussion: We had a neighborhood dilemma, stood up against it, and we lost [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)111. Dollar store will probably carry some food items - but watch out for chemicals
Ive read a lot of news stories that the products carried in dollar stores often have issues with various chemicals that should not be there.
They might be legal but still have dangerous levels of various chemicals. The laws on toxic chemicals have not been updated in 30+ years.
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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