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Big box stores like Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco dominate the suburban retail landscape. What impact do they have on cities, and are there ways local governments can reduce their negative impacts?
Resources on this topic:
– Growth of Target, 1962-2008 | FlowingData
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r_q50XPRY
– https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQqbXbUrP34
– https://www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/yes-even-walmart-wants-to-build-smaller-parking-lots/
– https://www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/to-stop-building-heat-islands-stop-overbuilding-parking-lots/
– https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/ev-chargers-store-parking-lots.html
– https://lawreview.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/9.-Schindler-FINAL_s.pdf
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