I think in this economy with so many of us out of work we could use some walmarts in NYC.maybe for the wall street hot shots who sitll have their jobs they can afford anything in this city the rest of us can't.

Let them eat organic.

All I'm saying is that Walmart is the physical manifestation of poverty in a storefront. Go to that Walmart in Valley Stream and you'll feel poor the moment you walk into that store. dull off yellow scuffed tiles, dim florescent lights, just a terrible feeling. I mean at least target tries to make their stores look nice.

Yawn ::Click::

Wal-Mart will come. We will shop there or we won't. If enough people don't shop there, Wal-Mart will go.

admit it, it's just cool to jump on the "i hate walmart" bandwagon. if they sell a useless product for pennies or dollars cheaper than a mom-and-pop store, you know you'll buy at walmart if they're here.

Driving out diversity with monoculture is bad economic practice. Couple that with the damage Wal-mart does to global & local economies...blech. I mean-- I'm sure Wal-mart would provide jobs to undocumented immigrants in the neighborhood, but no thanks. I'll keep shopping at the small local shops that Peyser insists don't exist.

I for one am for it. Who else will lock up illegals at night to keep the streets safe?

So Peyser claims independent stores are monopolies? Interesting. Also completely wrong.

I think the city has more than enough places to buy poorly made clothing and electronics made in China, Pakistan and Lord knows where else. KMart, Target, Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, Best Buy, Costco cover most of the bases. If Walmart shows up in NYC, I doubt it will make that much of a difference-no matter where you place it.

Walmart makes a bomb cajun trail mix... much better than the one Duane Reade has.

If people don't like it or not Wal-Mart will eventually be coming to New York City.

First of all, I will never forgive Andrew Peyser or allow myself to be tricked into thinking her human after she wrote several articles defending that cat murderer last year ("he can't be that bad! Look - he's handsome! And it's just a cat!"). Bitch is crazy.

Second, I can't stop laughing at the idea of a Wal-Mart in East New York actually providing worthwhile jobs like the community member hopes. The same thing was said about the BJs and the Home Depot that opened nearby; yet all it provided was low-wage, unskilled labor. This isn't a solution to that problem.

A crappy job is better than no job. A crappy job gets people off welfare.

NYC long ago gave up the ghost of being a hold out to the big box retailers...I would love to drive them all out - but that won't happen, so honestly - yes, I'll take a wal-mart...it's better than the k-mart we have at astor, right?

y'know, every now and then a friend reminds me that there's a k-mart in astor, and i go, "oh yeah, i forgot about that store." i've lived here for more than 30 years.

and most likely, if anything, that's how walmart will be. at least to me anyway.

What you have against Target?

I luv Target:)