Poll: People Generally Psyched For Whole Foods
Last week we asked readers to take a poll to get an idea of what the general mood about the arrival of the upscale grocer to Gowanus was. About half the respondents just want their Whole Foods and want it now. The majority of the other half a psyched for Whole Foods but have concerns…
Last week we asked readers to take a poll to get an idea of what the general mood about the arrival of the upscale grocer to Gowanus was. About half the respondents just want their Whole Foods and want it now. The majority of the other half a psyched for Whole Foods but have concerns about the environmental impact of the project, given how contaminated the 3rd Street site is. A bunch of comments from the poll are included on the jump.
Whole Foods Facing an Uphill Battle in Gowanus [Brownstoner]
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good point thechime. I however, am like you but live in Clinton Hill and, despite misgivings, am for AY because in the long run it will increase my property values.
I’d like to point out a difference between AY and Whole Foods, namely that my tax dollars are going to subsidize one (AY) and not the other. Double negative to be taxed for something you don’t want in the first place.
thechime:
I think this was the first entirely honest comments post in the history of Brownstoner. Applause.
i’m going to go ahead and say that many on this site are concerned first for their own comfort (like all humans), and then their neighborhood. ok. at. yards and whole foods are two different universes, but honestly, i can afford to live in a brownstone and drive a car in ft. greene. at. yards will not benefit me whatsoever, so i am opposed. whole foods, yummy food, a pleasant atmosphere, and i can afford it. it benefits my basic comfort level and therefore i support it. at. yards does not, and therefore i am opposed. i mean what drives us is pretty darn basic. (and a little sad).
I don’t think the options for answers were very well constructed – as evidenced by the alternative interpretations discussed above. Net result – mostly inconclusive, though I think the 48% in favor *does* speak for itself.
we took that 35% to mean that they are psyched to have whole foods but want to make sure the environmental clean-up of things is well taken care of…could be misinterpreting we guess…
I think having almost 50% psyched is major accomplishment. Since vast majority of Brownstoners are against anything and everything anyway – the idea someone is building a new building and almost 50% are really happy is astonishing.
Add the two “concern” responses, and you get an equal (+1 even) size group. Just sayin.
I’m personally excited for the Whole Foods. But I have to point out that if you look at the numbers above, an equal number of people have concerns about the project as are psyched for it (48% vs. 13+35%) – no? Environmental impact is really a subset of the scale problem . . . So I think your read is misleading . . .