No Love for Chain Stores in Fort Greene
What do Fort Greene shoppers want? Not chain stores, that’s for sure. According to a survey just released by the Fort Greene Association, 81 percent of the 380 respondents said that they either “strongly” or “somewhat” preferred shopping at independent stores over chain. Another interesting stat: Only about two-thirds of those polled said that they…
What do Fort Greene shoppers want? Not chain stores, that’s for sure. According to a survey just released by the Fort Greene Association, 81 percent of the 380 respondents said that they either “strongly” or “somewhat” preferred shopping at independent stores over chain. Another interesting stat: Only about two-thirds of those polled said that they were “very likely” or “somewhat likely” to have their daily shopping needs met by stores in Fort Greene; the satisfaction rate was a much-higher 86 percent when it came to restaurants and bars.
11:30 – I think you missed the sarcasm in 9:57’s post.
worst.thread.ever.
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who ARE you people who wash with irish spring and dove shampoo???
you do know that stuff is total crap, right??
A lot of the people shopping at Target and the other big stores in that area of Ft Greene (even, inexplicably, Pathmark) aren’t residents of the neighborhood. People travel from other parts of Brooklyn to shop there, so the lines aren’t indicative of locals’ patterns of chain store shopping. Obviously some people from the neighborhood are there too (including me every once in a while). It isn’t necessary to point out that there are very different demographics of people living within the bounds of Ft Greene, and these groups have quite different shopping preferences. It’s probably fair to say that wealthier residents would rather/ can afford to choose to shop at independent stores whereas poorer ones want less expensive things.
I could be very happy in Williamsburg with nothing but thousands of condos and one really big Walmart there at metropolitan and union. One stop shopping for all my household, automotive, gardening, grocery, meat, dairy, and $4 prescriptions. I’d never have to drive my car anywhere and spend an hour looking for parking like now nor pay outrageous prices for the same namebrands the chains carry. In the event that I wanted something really unique and exotic like Key Foods tortilla chips I could still go to the small rip off store.
I agree there is room for both just keep the chains stores in someones else neighborhood.
why destroy every neighborhood when we could just sacrifice a few (ft greene, downtown, red hook).
no pun intended.
Connecticut Muffin is comming to Lafayette Avenue near Corcoran. I can’t wait.
The Blimpie on Lafayette didn’t do so well.
11:30. Sorry, I should have used my and html tags.
All those stores seem to do extremely well, despite the locals’ expressed preference for independents.