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Tim Hortons lost. The people have won!

The efforts of force a Tim Hortins in our community which would have turned our town into a drive through gasoline alley , increased traffic congestion, destroyed local businesses, increased pollution. Light pollution and increased cultural uniformity has been won today after 6 years of corporate greed's endless resources. We have won! After all my efforts fixing up my home,I don't have to move after all.
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hunkalove · 70-79, M
People in Denver fought Wal-Mart like that and eventually won. They're in the 'burbs but not here. My small hometown let them come in and they destroyed the town's economy, reduced the downtown to collapsed abandoned buildings, then packed up and left.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@hunkalove exactly
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@hunkalove Sadly there is another way to wreck a town-centre, and that is by encouraging the supermarkets to collect on large trading-estates well outside the town.

The overall result is much the same - the central shops might not disappear completely but many of those left become charity-shops, "vape" dealers, betting-companies, US-owned chain cafeterias and the like.

London's world-famous Oxford Street - the main shopping-street through the city centre - was going that way. A lot of shop units ended up as garish, American-style, "candy stores" in dubious tax-avoidance schemes, but although selling sweets, I think their main trade was high-strength, highly-addictive nicotine products. The street became reported as sinking into tacky mediocrity, deterring visitors, risking a spiral of decline; but I understand London has fought back and thrown most of the dodgy businesses out.

Now though even the supermarkets are under attack - from the few, giant US- and China- based, Internet retailers like Amazon!
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
So you are against private companies doing what they want. Nice
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MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
@JimboSaturn I get it. You fought against a private company doing what it wanted.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@MrBrownstone what about the residents? Do they have no rights? Are you staying one person has more rights than the whole town. And again we were just fighting to uphold our own existing bylaw. Get that?
swirlie · 31-35
I think one of those mobile Tim Horton donut shops would look nice parked on your street within sensible walking distance from your home.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@swirlie absolutely not
swirlie · 31-35
@JimboSaturn
Oh come on Jimbo... it would be good for your neighborhood, it would create jobs for seniors and the local economy would thrive!
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Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
Don’t need another Tim hortons ffs
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