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Originally Posted by austlar1
Downtown SF shopping (widely considered to be some of the best shopping in the country) is mostly comprised of stores owned by nationwide chains. All of the large department stores and most of the specialty clothing stores are chain operations. They tend to be very good examples of their brand, but they are chain operations.
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No it's not. Its pegged as such for tourists, and no different than any other place. All the locals don't appreciate that all the chains have virtually driven all of the locally owned retail businesses. Of the very few that remain, Gump's is one of them. Union Square is just like any other part of shopping district in America and not uniquely San Francisco.
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In my fantasy, I would like to see one or two major department stores and a variety of high end and mass market clothing and home accessory stores located in downtown Austin. Of course it would be nice to have local specialty stores to add some spice and variety.
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It should be the main attraction of Downtown Austin.... keep the economy local and not allow corporations to run our city, which I think it is what's going to happen anyway.