On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:11:58 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:

> There are no existing stores in DC. There are three under construction,
> and three more planned. All may be scrapped.

Good, I hope they all go. One Walmart is one too many.

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On 7/12/2013 12:34 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 21:11:58 -0400, pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>> There are no existing stores in DC. There are three under construction,
>> and three more planned. All may be scrapped.
>
> Good, I hope they all go. One Walmart is one too many.
>
Low income residents of DC, and I believe they comprise most of the
city, may feel otherwise.

On 7/12/13 10:57 AM, casa bona wrote:

> Low income residents of DC, and I believe they comprise most of the
> city....

Wrong. 8

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On 7/12/2013 3:12 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 7/12/13 10:57 AM, casa bona wrote:
>
>> Low income residents of DC, and I believe they comprise most of the
>> city....
>
> Wrong. 8
>
> -- Larry
>
>
Ok, not most, but plenty?

http://www.dcfpi.org/who-is-low-income-in-dc

The District of Columbia’s poverty rate is far above the national
average and has remained high even in periods of strong economic growth.
Some 133,000 residents — nearly one-quarter of the population — are
low income, which in 2006-2007 corresponded to an income at or below
$24,475 a year for a family of three.[i] DC’s low-income population is
so large that it would overflow RFK Stadium and the Nationals’ Ballpark
combined.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/...ome/51944034/1

WASHINGTON (AP) – Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of
Americans, almost 1 in 2, have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on
earnings that classify them as low income.

On 7/12/13 5:16 PM, casa bona wrote:

> Ok, not most, but plenty?

More than we should have, for sure.

But in general, DC and its surrounding counties are the second richest
area in the country, trailing only Silicon Valley. Four of the eight
highest earning counties in the country are here. And while that doesn't
affect the district directly, it pulls up a lot of bootstraps indirectly.

-- Larry

On 7/12/2013 5:06 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On 7/12/13 5:16 PM, casa bona wrote:
>
>> Ok, not most, but plenty?
>
> More than we should have, for sure.
>
> But in general, DC and its surrounding counties are the second richest
> area in the country, trailing only Silicon Valley. Four of the eight
> highest earning counties in the country are here. And while that doesn't
> affect the district directly, it pulls up a lot of bootstraps indirectly.
>
> -- Larry
>
>
It's been ages since I visited, but the impression was of cloistered
wealth in the NW sector and poverty elsewhere, hopefully that has improved.

On 7/12/2013 7:06 PM, pltrgyst wrote:

> More than we should have, for sure.
>
> But in general, DC and its surrounding counties are the second richest
> area in the country, trailing only Silicon Valley. Four of the eight
> highest earning counties in the country are here. And while that doesn't
> affect the district directly, it pulls up a lot of bootstraps indirectly.
>
> -- Larry
>
>
Agree. I'm in MD, Prince Georges county specifically, and while this
county gets a bad rap, my city has become one of the most populous and
well-to-do in most of MD.

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