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Originally Posted by Crawford

When Whole Foods was scouting Williamsburg, Brooklyn locations, the big holdup was their silly parking requirement. All the Manhattan Whole Foods have no parking, but for whatever reason, they insisted on parking for the Williamsburg location, even though car ownership is the same as Manhattan. They finally opened, with a paid underground garage, and it sits mostly empty. Neighborhood residents don't have cars, and those that do aren't typically gonna shell out $10 to pick up a few groceries.

I go to that Whole Foods a lot and never even realized it had a parking lot. I used to go to the one in Gowanus a lot, and even though I often drove there, I always thought that parking lot was ridiculous.