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The impending closure of a Sam’s Club in Natomas is less heart breaking than Saturday’s closing of Wishing Well. (Though it should probably freak us out more, since Walmart (parent company of Sam’s Club) was cited as the reason Wishing Well can’t compete.) Only the coldest market capitalist robot isn’t sad to see his or her favorite local business go under. Wishing Well was one of my favorite local establishments and I’m actually saddened to see it go.
So what I want to know is, what business, if it were to go under tomorrow, would cause you to run screaming down the street in your underclothes? What is the absolute most you are willing to take? What’s sad about this question is that a few years ago I would have said Tower. From an emotional standpoint I’d have to say Jimboy’s, and from a rational standpoint Raley’s/Bel Air.
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If The Avid Reader went out of business, I’d probably turn into a recluse and spend the rest of my life buying books online. It’s admittedly just a ghost of the old Tower of Books, but it doesn’t have the screaming gold and red sign, which is a plus. I also don’t have to walk through a mall to get to it, another plus.
January 11th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
I’d be pretty upset if they shut down the freeways, and/or turned off all the electricity. In lieu of that, I echo your sentiment on Raley’s/Bel Air. I love those stores like a Frenchman loves cheese.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
If we lose one more brewery….!
January 11th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Adalberto’s would make me sad.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Lord Beaverbrook\s and The Coral Reef
January 11th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Taste of Thai on Broadway. I mean, where else are you gonna find Thai food on Broadway?
January 11th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
ditto on Chadd’s comment
January 12th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
524 Mexican on Northgate and Todo Un Poco in Laguna
January 14th, 2010 at 9:35 am
If Italian Importing Company or Club Pheasant were to close, that would be a sign that the world is truly falling apart.
January 14th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Pho Boc Hoa Viet on 19th and Broadway. I would lose all reason for living if I couldn’t eat number 53 with pork.
January 19th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
OK this is one step closer to my limit: Amarin Thai Cuisine closed.
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/dining/archives/2010/01/amarin-thai-cui.html
January 21st, 2010 at 3:48 pm
LAME. I loved Amarin.
January 21st, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Predatory Lending is a major contributor to the economic turmoil we are currently experiencing.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
Scott Veerkamp / Predatory Lending (Franklin Township School Board Member.)
Please review this information from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley regarding deceptive lending practices:
“Steering payments were made to brokers who enticed unsuspecting homeowners into deceptive and expensive mortgages. These secret bonus payments, often called Yield Spread Premiums, turned home mortgages into a SCAM.”
The Center for Responsible Lending says YSP “steals equity from struggling families.”
1. Scott collected nearly $10,000 on two separate mortgages using YSP and junk fees. 2. This is an average of $5,000 per loan. 3. The median value of the properties was $135,000. 4. Clearly, this type of lending represents a major ripoff for consumers.
http://merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=A09C6A80-537A-4EB1-83C5-31925F046B6F
February 2nd, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Local web site “Girls on the Grid” has a “similar” article up today: http://www.girlsonthegrid.com/?p=2409
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:09 pm
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