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> Davis has been very very NIMBY for the city center, just getting a Target on the very outskirts of city limits around 2010.

The only reason Target had to be that far out is no place in the city center area had space for the literal sea of parking Target wanted. It's had major chains much closer to downtown for a long time (Borders and then Whole Foods right in downtown, Gottschalks at UMall until the chain went bankrupt in 2009, etc.)

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That is a very good point that I didn't think of when I went there. You're definitely right, I don't know where they would've built that big of a building closer to the core. Thank you!

It is also was built on super fund site. I still will not understand why Davis and other places are ok with a Target but will die before getting a Walmart. It is very impressive how target is able to pretend like they treat there employees any better..

> I still will not understand why Davis and other places are ok with a Target but will die before getting a Walmart.

It's all about social class. There's no website dedicated to calling people who shop at Target landwhales.

>I still will not understand why Davis and other places are ok with a Target but will die before getting a Walmart.

It's the cachet of having the French store[0] in the area, over one that's from flyover-country. ;)

[0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tarjay

Too bad nothing in the plaza where the Borders and WF used to be ever stays open. Everything that opens there closes after 5 years.

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