The mayor’s office says it would be the first major U.S. city to enact such a plan.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Main streets with Mom and Pop stores are really nice. It seems like you’d get more soul from than a government store. But I don’t know how you would incentive then sufficiently, as it’s really tough to run a small storefront when competing with online.

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      1 year ago

      The real problem is that we fucked over main streets 75 years ago with deliberately car-dependent zoning policies and massive subsidies for car infrastructure. Now all we’re allowed by law to build are shitty stroads with big-box stores.

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      1 year ago

      Problem with mom and pop stores is the owners are still operating to maximize profit.

      This intrinsically involves giving the least while charging the most. They’re going to be screwing everyone over as much as they can, while hiding behind the ‘mom and pop’ shield.