tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post6411567522739044063..comments2023-03-31T03:41:18.792-04:00Comments on Athens Music Express: Between the Lines - Flagpole "Athens Rising" Nov. 3rdUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-75281729328643732182010-11-11T11:39:51.827-05:002010-11-11T11:39:51.827-05:00If you're going to start improving the communi...If you're going to start improving the community in any way, it should start with people who need it, not the Boulevard area. And for the record, I live in Boulevard, and buy most of my groceries/booze/whatever in Boulevard (Daily + J's, and both farmers markets which are close enough) via walking and biking. Even Kroger, Earth Fare, and Trader Joe's don't carry EVERY thing I need, it's a fact of life that you can't get every item you want to buy in one place. Get over it.<br /><br />Also, anon, there IS beer and wine available in the area. J's is a great liquor store. Right off of Boulevard. Right there.<br /><br />Also, public transportation (though it's not ideally frequent) goes to all these other grocery stores. It's possible to get all over town without a car. It just seems like this guy doesn't want to bother with the rest of Athens. I'm from a small town where the nearest grocery store was over 15 miles away, and I wasn't bitching about it. Conveniences like grocery stores within walking distance of everyone exist in cities, and Athens is a small town. Maybe he shouldn't live here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-10649431484015279772010-11-09T23:37:24.400-05:002010-11-09T23:37:24.400-05:00I don't think this blog is missing the point. ...I don't think this blog is missing the point. The Flagpole guy lives in a nice neighborhood with a neighborhood grocery store that is very walkable, which he does not want to support because it does not have every single item he wants. All of the things he wants are walkable to his location, but he wants to bring another store into the neighborhood - a store which already has a location an easy two mile bike ride away.<br /><br />Perhaps the Daily would evolve into the type of place he's thinking of if more local residents shopped there. I don't think it's the same situation as someone who lives in a disadvantaged area and only has a poorly stocked convenience store within walking distance, or someone who lives in a rural area and has to drive 15+ minutes to a grocery store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-27514305144204427152010-11-08T17:03:47.956-05:002010-11-08T17:03:47.956-05:00I think you kind of missed the point of the column...I think you kind of missed the point of the column. If you want fewer cars, less pollution, and more local businesses, than increasing walk-ability of neighborhoods is key. Expanding the number of neighborhood-based groceries - so everyone can get to one easily and pleasantly - is good for that, because groceries are such an obviously important part of everyday life. And small increases in distance matter here - not everyone can carry multiple bags of groceries for more than a few blocks. And not having beer/wine available means a car trip to the 'burbs - are you really in favor of that? <br /><br />The disappearance of true neighborhood groceries has been devastating for disadvantaged neighborhoods. If you care about this population as much as you claim to, you should be jumping on this bandwagon, not trashing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-83273246534079337642010-11-07T16:23:16.074-05:002010-11-07T16:23:16.074-05:00Har har! I'll bet this guy thinks his farts do...Har har! I'll bet this guy thinks his farts don't stink and that his friend's farts actually smell really good.KLONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616004120972938654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-19420333399323678142010-11-07T13:45:16.719-05:002010-11-07T13:45:16.719-05:00Absolutely spot-on. I laughed out loud several tim...Absolutely spot-on. I laughed out loud several times. I loathed that guy upon reading that smug impotent screed, and am glad you had the ammo to go after him. I wish he would read it.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-79450613989213439782010-11-07T13:33:44.511-05:002010-11-07T13:33:44.511-05:00Boring.Boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925431420578729472.post-27338529769062554702010-11-06T23:34:36.495-04:002010-11-06T23:34:36.495-04:00Basically the best thing I have read on the intern...Basically the best thing I have read on the internet in days. Well done.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10238815476389656673noreply@blogger.com