Posted Mar 2, 2009, 5:30 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Hair City, Utah
Posts: 9,641
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Originally Posted by WASDEN
This is going to sound crazy, but I actually like the idea of having big box retailers in the city, and in a central accessible location similar to 300 West. Some people are going to choose to spend their dollars at Walmarts and the like, and I'd prefer that money still be spent in Salt Lake City. Odds are they're going to use a car to get there (I really think its a low percentage the number of shoppers that use transit/walk to these kinds of stores), so I'd rather that Salt Lakers not be forced to drive as far, and outside the city limits to reach big box retailers. 300 West near the freeway is not the worst spot for them, but on 1300 South with prime time TRAX access- I think that is bad zoning. If Walmart and Lowes were West of the freeway, like on 500 West, they'd still have easy freeway access, a central location, and the land near the TRAX stops could be put to better use.
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I don't recall ever saying Salt Lake should ban bigbox retail. I think they're a necessary evil and while I'd never shop at Wal-Mart, I understand some people do. I just suggested the way 300 West is being developed is very similar to what you get out in suburban Salt Lake and that is what I don't like.
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