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mountain grammy

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40. 25 years ago we bought a one bedroom apartment in a good neighborhood

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 11:29 PM

Dec 2012

in Denver as an investment. The neighborhood was home to University of Colorado Medical Center and several other huge medical facilities, including a large VA hospital. Most of the medical facilities moved to a new home in Aurora, leaving behind the VA and a couple of private hospitals and many large, empty building. This happened in 2008 when the market crashed and the buildings have remained empty while the city searched for new tenants. Suddenly, there was Walmart, ready to come in and build a new concept Walmart, more upscale, they said. The neighborhood rose up and fought the city, and just when it seemed all was lost, the neighborhood won! No Walmart!! This is a solid middle class neighborhood not ready to be bought out by the giant corporate leech that is Walmart. I'm so proud of my neighbors.

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How Walmart is devouring the food system (large graphic) [View all] marmar Dec 2012 OP

Buy local if possible. Find a farmer to get your food from. peacebird Dec 2012 #1

Go to Local Harvest hogwyld Dec 2012 #51

kr HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2

This, is a very STUPID country to allow corporations to devour the country. Eventually the President RKP5637 Dec 2012 #3

You are absolutely correct, and I'm sick of the capitalism frenzy. loudsue Dec 2012 #21

"Eventually"? Oh, to WalMART. I thought you said Wall STREET. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #42

Yep, all walls against the people. Some days it just boggles my mind, and then RKP5637 Dec 2012 #43

"This, is a very STUPID country" marmar Dec 2012 #53

Important graphic. Locally sourced food equals local power. canoeist52 Dec 2012 #4

Look for food co-operatives, especially those comprised of LOCAL FOOD PRODUCERS/GROWERS. nt patrice Dec 2012 #5

There used to be a decent food co-op in my old college town Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #61

This is just criminal! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #6

K&R for an important thread that actually matters to all our lives. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #7

Corporations SamKnause Dec 2012 #8

Well said, our government is complicit in this and represents "we the corporations" today and RKP5637 Dec 2012 #23

Nice infographic! TheBlackAdder Dec 2012 #9

K & R..... dhill926 Dec 2012 #10

K&R Eyerish Dec 2012 #11

These are compelling graphics. badhair77 Dec 2012 #12

May I give a plug for local food co-ops? gollygee Dec 2012 #13

Thank you!!! I've got it bookmarked for future use. The search by city or zip code is great!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #25

I've become a big fan of co-ops. marmar Dec 2012 #49

thanks / Bookmarked april Dec 2012 #58

Well, Damn. K/R Window Dec 2012 #14

Sounds/looks like they are trying/planning on taking over the country's/worlds food supply! Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #15

It's really in the form of an invasion force, but accepted because, well, that's just RKP5637 Dec 2012 #26

Thanks, I sent this via email to lots of friends.... nt AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2012 #16

This is why I get my milk from local brands... Odin2005 Dec 2012 #17

In the 1940s ... surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #18

The Walton's are vultures teewrex Dec 2012 #19

only two grocery stores here. HEB and Walmart. northoftheborder Dec 2012 #20

I've spent a lot of the last 9 months in SW Texas mountain grammy Dec 2012 #37

Same here. HEB, Walmart and a small Kroger. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #45

Same here! I buy my groceries at HEB or lackland afb commissary sammytko Dec 2012 #50

I love my HEB, no reason to ever shop at Walmart. ceile Dec 2012 #55

Well...that's enough to turn my stomach. SoapBox Dec 2012 #22

It's my belief most farmers are Republicans. How many farmers drive 50 miles to a Walmart? RickFromMN Dec 2012 #24

Walmart dominates here in Indiana. Its very sad. nt aaaaaa5a Dec 2012 #27

WalMart literally gobbled up the rural areas first by not only shuttering small businesses, gutting libdem4life Dec 2012 #28

Spam deleted by Behind the Aegis (MIR Team) harddo Dec 2012 #29

sweet infographic limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #30

AWWWWWWW POOP! I was picked to serve on a jury for the above post and had a great comment, dammit A HERETIC I AM Dec 2012 #31

4 (unionized) supermarkets in a 5-mile radius where I live and still no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #32

The only defense is to keep showing up at Board Meetings. Good luck. libdem4life Dec 2012 #41

I love the graphic format Coyotl Dec 2012 #33

I REALLY like that format too. The first one I saw, I thought it a bit cumbersome, but the patrice Dec 2012 #35

Once they are the biggest buyers they can tell the suppliers what THEY want to sell lunasun Dec 2012 #34

A wonderfully informative post. HCE SuiGeneris Dec 2012 #36

102,7 BILLION /WALTON FAMILY WORTH/ What are you worth ? keep shopping there!! 4 t 4 Dec 2012 #38

Thankfully, as a vegan it's inefficeint to ever shop there. flvegan Dec 2012 #39

25 years ago we bought a one bedroom apartment in a good neighborhood mountain grammy Dec 2012 #40

Wow. blackspade Dec 2012 #44

I thought i knew, but this is worse than I thought. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #46

Me too. I knew it was bad, but the graphic really illustrates it.... marmar Dec 2012 #47

Wow, I had no idea it had gone this far... mrsadm Dec 2012 #48

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #52

The way things are headed - a Walmart the size of Kansas isn't too far off. Initech Dec 2012 #54

I didn't realize it was that bad re: milk, beef processing ceile Dec 2012 #56

When you stop to think of how many Wal-Marts there are across this country... sevenseas Dec 2012 #57

This is why I shop at the co-op. geardaddy Dec 2012 #59

OK, I guess femrap Dec 2012 #60