Black residents reject Trader Joe’s because it would attract too many white people

[Wild self]

I gotta find someone that can co-sign. I used to hang around bedstuy / east new york / brownsville when i was a kid. I've heard they trying to gentrify red hook. Brownsville and East NY still looks the fukking same. lmao.

With the lack of people owning shyt, more and more gentrification comes in and runs shyt. Living in gentrified cities is perfect for the people that don't want to have kids and live the carefree lifestyle well into their 30s/40s/50s

 

[Wild self]

When you look at some of the Black neighborhoods in New York and compare what they have to potentially getting a trader Joes, the latter simply can't compete. in 2014 you still have food deserts in many hoods in NYC where the closest thing to healthy and affordable food is a corner store that sells frozen fish sticks and chicken nuggets. If the Black representatives have an alternative that would see them have a black supermarket put in place where they are giving blacks jobs and investing in the community then I would have no problem with it. But it seems as though they have no viable alternative that would do that.

Black business in NYC is waning and it's waning fast. Alot of historical landmarks and businesses are being closed, sold, or torn down because they either don't have enough support from the community to stay in business, they don't have have products that attract customers, or they don't have enough capital to stay in business in commercially expensive areas like Brooklyn and an emerging Harlem. I actually like the idea of a co-op or a venture by local black entrepreneurs to introduce a supermarket in the area that is controlled by blacks and is invested back into the community for the benefit of blacks. But as long as Blacks have this "im gonna do me" attitude, then other groups are gonna outpace us sadly.

Hard headed nikkas are stuck in the ways of old, and can't break the chains of mental slavery.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

with a beef and broc lunch special.

 

[UserNameless]

If those morons had any sense, they would force trader joes to some concessions that would help the local community. Like requiring a certain percentage of the employees to be local residents, or maybe even required participation in local fundraisers and civic functions. They could have parlaid this into a win for all parties. Instead they continue with their bullshyt politics.

How much would you bet these clowns are also anti-business liberal democrats?

Nice thought... but allegedly the land was ill begotten via a dubious transaction (although that stuff is kinda commonplace between developers and council members).

Their garlic mustard ...

Will head to Trader Joes as soon as the snow and ice melt.

 

[J-Nice]

with a beef and broc lunch special.

You nikkas

 

[BreezyH]

Wouldn't be their neighborhood for long....

still won't be if they keep eating crap

 

[Francis White]

I gotta find someone that can co-sign. I used to hang around bedstuy / east new york / brownsville when i was a kid. I've heard they trying to gentrify red hook. Brownsville and East NY still looks the fukking same. lmao.

First off Red Hook is gentrified and Brownsville and East Ny is well on its way. Do you think just because the area was rough it would stay the same? Money beats any thug every time . Those places were nice along time ago and someone with a brain redeveloped the parts that needed it. The rest of the people who still trying to live like it's the 90's are leaving. The only bad thing is that the people who are good and law abiding are getting moved also . That's the real tragedy that a small sub group of losers ruined for everyone . All this drug money these hood legends as people on this site say made went into nothing positive. Giving cook outs does not count. Imagine some drug lord had giving money to some youth center where kids could have learned a skill? Or have money to a guy who wanted to open a deli or laundry or auto shop? Those dealers could have left something positive for the people who wanted nothing to do with that moronic lifestyle. Instead of a new rope chain and car could have gone to a scholarship or tuition to a good kid who needed it. But that was not the case.

 

[thekingsmen]

Nice thought... but allegedly the land was ill begotten via a dubious transaction (although that stuff is kinda commonplace between developers and council members).






Will head to Trader Joes as soon as the snow and ice melt.

 

[UserNameless]

 

[OsO]

Let's see that business plan.

breh have you ever been to a deli in harlem? or anywhere residential for that matter? their inventory is garbage yet all they do is make money. they have repeat customers from the neighborhood and foot traffic 24/7... they are CAKING.
but imagine adding fresh produce and a raw food and juice bar, and replacing the generic groceries with healthy alternatives

 

[thekingsmen]

breh have you ever been to a deli in harlem? or anywhere residential for that matter? their inventory is garbage yet all they do is make money. they have repeat customers from the neighborhood and foot traffic 24/7... they are CAKING.
but imagine adding fresh produce and a raw food and juice bar, and replacing the generic groceries with healthy alternatives

Black-owned too...

 

[The Real]

breh have you ever been to a deli in harlem? or anywhere residential for that matter? their inventory is garbage yet all they do is make money. they have repeat customers from the neighborhood and foot traffic 24/7... they are CAKING.
but imagine adding fresh produce and a raw food and juice bar, and replacing the generic groceries with healthy alternatives

I agree with you. There was that story of that grocery store that opened in Harlem, where the company thought it wouldn't make any money because they assumed that Black people would just keep going to fast food places and delis/bodegas, Chinese takeout, etc, but it ended up being a massive success. I think people will go and cook if the option is offered in a reasonable way.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Black ppl

 

[ExodusNirvana]

How did Hogan not win poster of the year? Because he was an alias?

 

[OsO]

I agree with you. There was that story of that grocery store that opened in Harlem, where the company thought it wouldn't make any money because they assumed that Black people would just keep going to fast food places and delis/bodegas, Chinese takeout, etc, but it ended up being a massive success. I think people will go and cook if the option is offered in a reasonable way.

all the NYC coli members should invest in opening a "deli" type store in the hood... and we'll set a new example by filling the shelves with healthy food and groceries, what up tho