Reply #26: If one is good, two are better. Build one 3 miles from the other. [View All]

[Neshanic]

Here in the land of the big boxes, Phoenix and it's suburbs have not met a monster store they did not like. Since there are no "industries" to speak of, Phoenix, the soon to be 5th largest city exists on a parasite economy; one suburb fighting the other for bragging rights to how much they can give away to developers/stores.

This bizzaro scenario is being played out now at this moment. Two suburban cities, Avondale and Goodyear have no space between them. If you drove down the main street, you would not know that it was two towns. This was the case when the land for miles around was farmland.

Avondale got a Walmart 5 years ago. Right down the street from me. Ugly, massive, and it was expanded after it was up after 2 years.

Goodyear has a corner that Walmart wants. It is 3 miles away. 3 miles! Goodyear is getting much heat from the citizens, but as in all Walmart store locations here, it pretty much gets what it wants.

My guess is that they want a BIGGER parking lot, the mammoth one at the already "old" one is not big enough.