All reasonable ideas.

Though -- if smaller supermarkets work elsewhere, why not here?

coughHydeParkcough

Why does the model work well in poor neighborhoods in other countries?

I think Daniel's point is that you DO find grocery stores in poor neighborhoods in peer countries, like the UK.

What makes the US different? None of the other stuff you listed (low margin, sales, etc.) is different between US and UK.

What is different is willingness of poor Americans to drive.

Ideally in this kind of arrangement the City would also reap some benefit if the store is successful, instead of just kissing $15m goodbye regardless of outcome.

Yeah that last part is definitely a problem.

The non-scammy version of this is "Hey we're willing to bet $10m on a south side store, but it will cost $25m to open one. Would you, City of Chicago, like to pitch in to cover the difference?"

If you're asking about TIF money I think that's a very poorly envisioned program, but if there's someone who should be taking questionable bets to improve live on the south side, "the government" seems like a reasonable choice.

I assume they were like "ok, 30% chance this pans out and is sustainable, versus 95% chance for a store on the north side". The logical thing to do is just open the store on the north side. The admirable (imo) thing to do is try the long bet on the south side. In this case they didn't win the bet

I'm running on the "RETVRN Copyright To Seven Years" platform.

1. Yes definitely symptom, not cause

2. I honestly give them credit for trying, which probably cost them tens of millions of dollars.

It's not their job to run a money-losing store on the south side forever. A lot of fancy grocers wouldn't even consider trying.

Hey I wonder if that could work again.

Oh darn, looks like patreon.com was already registered by someone.

Copyright law has never, at any point, been written by--or to protect--artists. It's ALWAYS been formed by political negotiations among record labels, publishers, movie studios, broadcasters, and (now) tech companies. Literally since the dawn of copyright law.

"There was no art before 1610" ok if you say so

Convincing people that copyright protects artists, and wasn't just an industry-written publisher protection they got written into law, was one of the biggest cons of the last four centuries.

Stuff like SNAP (food stamps) and Medicaid (health insurance for the poor) works this way to.

Rules and funding from the feds, all the nitty gritty implementation via the states.

One time the guy who runs the dollar store next to my produce store came over and was like "why are you selling coconut water for $2.00? I'm selling it for $2.50" and I was like "YOU WANT ME TO COLLUDE TO FIX PRICES IN VIOLATION OF THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT???"

We are speed running the 19th Century.

We regulated this stuff for a reason!

Marie Antoinette Trailer YouTube video by harajuku19

I always loved this trailer for the movie, with no spoken words just a very appropriate New Order song

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq4v...

Is this 4-day vs 5-day thing a red herring?

Most shift work people I know prefer longer shifts on fewer days (e.g. inpatient nursing is all 12-hour shifts over 3 days and every nurse I know loves it).

Is the actual dispute about something else?

Who made you an expert on being straight?

The fight is over which was admitted first (a fact which is unknown)

The building obviously got a makeover, but also peep the bollards 👀

Ok but unfortunately the “before” here did have some charm

Even 10 years ago I had this problem and I assume it’s worse now.

I stayed in a chain motel that didn’t take credit cards!

Would be epic if the answer was the Mackinac Bridge, but the answer is Wisconsin isn’t one of the states

Update: child has slept in three states but still has never been to the north side.

Screenshot of poll text that reads, in relevant part: "Independent analysis shows this legislation could put over 10,000 jobs at risk in Chicago, with hundreds of small local delivery businesses forced to close or relocate. The workers most at risk at predominantly people of color in OUTER-BOROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS..."

When your industry group is commissioning a push-poll, don't forget to translate it fully to local lingo first 🤣

In Chicago you can drop a pin on this map to request a bike rack
bikeparking-chicago.hub.arcgis.com

It made me so happy to see a family use this rack I requested for the first time 🥹

one of the undercurrents of hyperfixation on Gaza as an issue (particularly from Americans) is "this is what your tax dollars are funding" and supporting this was a way to atone for that sin so I get why they don't want to believe they were supporting a scam center in tatmadaw controlled Myanmar

Oh it’s more of a Great Firewall situation?

During the acute phase it sounded like even all cell phone networks were blocked.