Comments on: Suburban Plaza Walmart Fight Before Judge, Names of Other Tenants Released

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:43:44 +0000

Wow, maybe alternate universes do exist. I have the opposite experience. Even if I’m in a withdrawn mood and want to stubbornly walk every aisle to find an item myself, some friendly sales person asks me how they can help. Maybe it’s the shock of seeing someone as unhandy as me show up in a hardware store….

By: J_T

J_T — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:17:30 +0000

Phew, I thought it was just me. And I’m a Yankee myself!

Seriously, I read all the comments here and think I must live in some alternate universe. We joke about the Ace like we do the mini Kroger. It seems like whatever one thing we go there for, they either don’t have it or they just ran out. And they are often pretty rude about it. So then we drive down the street to Home Depot and buy it for half the price anyway. They may be just as rude and unhelpful at the Home Depot but at least we get a deal moneywise!

By: betsy

betsy — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:56:32 +0000

Everyone in town seems to adore Intown (including my own husband), but they just aren’t very friendly to me. I must give off some vibe in there. My husband says that they are yankees, and it just is what it is. But it’s not like the hardware store I grew up with. So, I stick to other stores, and I let him get his fix there alone.

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:18:12 +0000

I think the subtext here is that if JoAnn’s moves in, Hancock will be out. Having both in the same strip would be unsustainable.

By: brianc

brianc — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:03:31 +0000

Fair points. I guess I’m just extrapolating from my own routines in Decatur, which could easily lead me to believe Decatur area is higher income than it actually is, and assuming others on this site have similar experiences. Again, though, I was speculating, not making any claims.

By: Concerned Citizen

Concerned Citizen — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:30:43 +0000

I understand what you mean; however, I do see that there are low-income people around this area. What I meant was that I am surprised that the number of middle and upper-middle class households don’t balance it out enough for one of those food retailers to come here.

I am happy to have diversity and have no problem at all living next to, shopping with (yes I shop at places like Big Lots and Family Dollar), and sending my kids to school with low income people. I know you say you weren’t being snarky but I do venture out of my Decatur Brickstore, Dancing Goats, etc, bubble. I also volunteer and take MARTA from time to time

And I get that low income people often aren’t “seen” by some higher-income folks (even though they might be right in front of or right next to them), but I am not one of those folks. I guess there is no way for you to know this by what I posted, but it’s also a little unfair for you to assume that lower income people are invisible to me or “us.”

By: ant1

ant1 — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:16:45 +0000

trader joe’s shunned decatur? the horror!

By: brianc

brianc — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:15:22 +0000

“I’ve also looked at marketing data for this and other surrounding Decatur areas and I am surprised by the statistics.”

Maybe the statistics seem surprising because the poor in this area are to some degree invisible to us.
They aren’t frequenting Brick Store, Dancing Goats, etc. I’m not at all trying to be snarky, just speculating based on my own experiences in Decatur. If I didn’t take MARTA and do some volunteer work, I wouldn’t encounter many lower income people in my routines.