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coconut_sorbet t1_ixcwfxp wrote

Kinda annoyed at how many chains are moving into that shopping center - it's going to be harder for small businesses in the area to compete.

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STREAMOFCONSCIOUSN3S t1_ixd8yx5 wrote

Carytown being a local thing is on its way out unfortunately. It's a slow decline (on the order of a decade or two) but it's pretty clear. The rising real estate values surrounding it apply upward pressure on rents that local shops will have trouble with.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_ixdd79a wrote

I don't think that's clear. It can be both local and national, which I see continuing. Most of the parcels don't suit national tenants.

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dovetc t1_ixea873 wrote

Yeah, didn't Jimmy John's close after less than a year or two?

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sleevieb t1_ixf8x71 wrote

Wasn’t carytown empty and dead in 2002?

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_ixfpnau wrote

Before my time here so I have no clue. But I don't think the publix Center rebuild is hurting anything

If anything getting scared suburbanites down here is great, they will realize there's nothing to be scared of

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ValidGarry t1_ixhkj36 wrote

Retail is dying in general. Carytown will suffer to an extent but it is more "experiential" than an average mall.

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Asterion7 t1_ixd2ifk wrote

Well if it's from Boston its probably not that good. 😜

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_ixd4ivo wrote

on the food front, that's actually pretty fair I'm sad to say

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donteatmydog t1_ixddnlv wrote

I'll give you an upvote. We had a Burton's in Boca Raton and the food was good. More overpriced than I would pay for myself, but one of our bosses loved going to lunch there.

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Charlesinrichmond OP t1_ixde785 wrote

oh, I've no idea about Burton's, I'm just speaking of one of the real weaknesses of my previous home, as an ex Bostonian. City bats under it's weight class on the food front

u/Asterion7 is poisoned with all sorts of NYC biases, but some of them happen to be sadly correct. He's right about Pizza too. He is wrong about all NYC sports teams of course, that is definitional

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gbkl74 t1_ixd0gb9 wrote

You haven't grapsed this free market thing have you?

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AlreadyShrugging t1_ixh2bko wrote

Shockingly, it’s possible to both grasp something and be annoyed by it.

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