Austinist: Should Austin Welcome New Wal-Marts? Dionysium to Resolve the Debate

M1EK

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:39:03 -0600

Many people would go to THIS Wal-Mart on the bus, especially workers, because unlike Wal-Marts on frontage roads, it can be (and is currently) served by a number of good-quality bus routes.

Stew

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:23:09 -0600

M1EK, I disagree with you on many of your points. But let's forget those right now. All I want to know is why you would like less parking? Most people that go to Wal-Mart don't ride the bus, never will ride the bus, don't want to be in a bus. Solving traffic problems by building less parking is idiotic.

M1EK

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:56:52 -0600

I'm OK with asking Wal-Mart and Lincoln nicely to build something less shitty. I'm definitely OK with making sure they pay for any drastic externalities they generate. I'm even OK with making them build closer to the street / with less parking. But I'm against forcing them to do so - unless Wal-Mart and Lincoln get to vote on what color the people in the surrounding neighborhoods paint _their_ houses and stuff.

Stew

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:14:10 -0600

Keep Austin Weird By Allowing Wal-Mart Otherwise there will be more justification for dictating what is permissible to build on your property.