Comments on: Think Before You Buy http://ownersview.com/2010/01/think-before-you-buy/ Get the Right Perspective on Your Priorities Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roy Rouse http://ownersview.com/2010/01/think-before-you-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Roy Rouse Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:38:13 +0000 http://ownersview.com/?p=304#comment-21 It is about time that a majority of the people will finally have a local Walmart. Shame on all the minority special interests groups that blocked the development for so long. It is about time that a majority of the people will finally have a local Walmart. Shame on all the minority special interests groups that blocked the development for so long.

]]> By: Julie Gomoll http://ownersview.com/2010/01/think-before-you-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Julie Gomoll Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:15:10 +0000 http://ownersview.com/?p=304#comment-14 Since I was born in the frozen north, I'm particularly happy to be living in a city that people love to visit. (Particularly others from the frozen north, particularly on gorgeous days like today, but that's another comment :) I was thinking about the places I take people to when they're here: Book People, Fonda San Miguel, Magnolia Cafe, Electric Ladyland, Toy Joy, Vino Vino, Hyde Park Theater, Vespaio... These are the places that make Austin what it is. Walmart may create some jobs, but it erodes the very soul of our city. The more the big boxes we have, the less unique we are. Already there are too many stretches of highway in Austin that have become "Anywhere, USA". The fact that shifting just 10% of our buying makes such a big difference kind of blows me away. We need to spread that word – it's great incentive to make a conscious effort to change our habits just a little. Since I was born in the frozen north, I’m particularly happy to be living in a city that people love to visit. (Particularly others from the frozen north, particularly on gorgeous days like today, but that’s another comment :)

I was thinking about the places I take people to when they’re here: Book People, Fonda San Miguel, Magnolia Cafe, Electric Ladyland, Toy Joy, Vino Vino, Hyde Park Theater, Vespaio… These are the places that make Austin what it is.

Walmart may create some jobs, but it erodes the very soul of our city. The more the big boxes we have, the less unique we are. Already there are too many stretches of highway in Austin that have become “Anywhere, USA”.

The fact that shifting just 10% of our buying makes such a big difference kind of blows me away. We need to spread that word – it’s great incentive to make a conscious effort to change our habits just a little.

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