You think this sign bylaw change is just an insignificant housekeeping item, but it's basically city hall caving on their plan for Chuka Blvd. It was supposed to be walkable, mixed use development. But it's basically just another fucking strip of boxstores & single story commercial complexes. #yqrcc
October 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
You think this sign bylaw change is just an insignificant housekeeping item, but it's basically city hall caving on their plan for Chuka Blvd. It was supposed to be walkable, mixed use development. But it's basically just another fucking strip of boxstores & single story commercial complexes. #yqrcc
Our last YA boom (heavily rooted in boxstores/American Malls/B&N Distro) probably began to take root in the late 90s before reaching its apex in the early 2010s. It's my opinion that we're in a YA bust currently—and whatever emerges next in the market will go on to redefine it.
September 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Our last YA boom (heavily rooted in boxstores/American Malls/B&N Distro) probably began to take root in the late 90s before reaching its apex in the early 2010s. It's my opinion that we're in a YA bust currently—and whatever emerges next in the market will go on to redefine it.
Sadly, these large boxstores and mobility via autos have nudged out nearly 100% of the small independent grocery stores in our area.
August 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Sadly, these large boxstores and mobility via autos have nudged out nearly 100% of the small independent grocery stores in our area.
I've lived in the South all my life and it can be a little scary even to me. You really see what we've done to this once pristine landscape with all the empty boxstores and rundown rural towns just off the interstates.
July 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I've lived in the South all my life and it can be a little scary even to me. You really see what we've done to this once pristine landscape with all the empty boxstores and rundown rural towns just off the interstates.
Amzn has finished what the boxstores started - destroying main street business by shoveling slave made garbage at us, which has helped usher in a new guilded age & time of immense political instability. Not to mention the cost that On Demand delivery of every conceivable good might have on humanity.
June 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Amzn has finished what the boxstores started - destroying main street business by shoveling slave made garbage at us, which has helped usher in a new guilded age & time of immense political instability. Not to mention the cost that On Demand delivery of every conceivable good might have on humanity.
and antitrust (mergers that reduce competition, monopolization, anticompetitive agreements).
Trump crypto would be a target as well as protect global boxstores, and his large donors. Complaints filed in any state are linked nationwide. In past decades my complaint resulted in $200M penalty.
Trump crypto would be a target as well as protect global boxstores, and his large donors. Complaints filed in any state are linked nationwide. In past decades my complaint resulted in $200M penalty.
July 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
and antitrust (mergers that reduce competition, monopolization, anticompetitive agreements).
Trump crypto would be a target as well as protect global boxstores, and his large donors. Complaints filed in any state are linked nationwide. In past decades my complaint resulted in $200M penalty.
Trump crypto would be a target as well as protect global boxstores, and his large donors. Complaints filed in any state are linked nationwide. In past decades my complaint resulted in $200M penalty.
It's inspiring! It makes me want to compare more tech corporations boxstores.
July 29, 2023 at 12:59 AM
It's inspiring! It makes me want to compare more tech corporations boxstores.
BAN BOXSTORES.
Not only they ruin the economy when they function but they are left to rot after the building is deemed not safe because they are MADE to last 10years and be ditched after that.
Not only they ruin the economy when they function but they are left to rot after the building is deemed not safe because they are MADE to last 10years and be ditched after that.
July 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
BAN BOXSTORES.
Not only they ruin the economy when they function but they are left to rot after the building is deemed not safe because they are MADE to last 10years and be ditched after that.
Not only they ruin the economy when they function but they are left to rot after the building is deemed not safe because they are MADE to last 10years and be ditched after that.
Oh hey… I realize we could've taken buses that dropped us off on the right side of the street. BUT. That would've required taking a huge looping route that went way out of our way & lasted much longer. Fine, I guess, if you can't do the stupid walk around the boxstores. /11 #yqrcc
March 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Oh hey… I realize we could've taken buses that dropped us off on the right side of the street. BUT. That would've required taking a huge looping route that went way out of our way & lasted much longer. Fine, I guess, if you can't do the stupid walk around the boxstores. /11 #yqrcc
Sharing again b/c I'm kinda disgusted w/ myself for landing on the side of, "It's good to build a second Costco within Regina" when I'd much rather be back on the "All boxstores are bad, actually" side. #yqrcc
These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sharing again b/c I'm kinda disgusted w/ myself for landing on the side of, "It's good to build a second Costco within Regina" when I'd much rather be back on the "All boxstores are bad, actually" side. #yqrcc
Turnbull: In that ecosystem, w/ boxstores becoming less, isn't that alarming for getting boxstores in the future? You just pointed out the climate.
Forster: Costco is one of the, I call them, treasure hunt retailers. It's an experience to go there. #yqrcc
Forster: Costco is one of the, I call them, treasure hunt retailers. It's an experience to go there. #yqrcc
May 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Turnbull: In that ecosystem, w/ boxstores becoming less, isn't that alarming for getting boxstores in the future? You just pointed out the climate.
Forster: Costco is one of the, I call them, treasure hunt retailers. It's an experience to go there. #yqrcc
Forster: Costco is one of the, I call them, treasure hunt retailers. It's an experience to go there. #yqrcc
Could someone please share with city council & admin this vid about how boxstores like this Costco are bankrupting cities like ours. #yqrcc
These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Could someone please share with city council & admin this vid about how boxstores like this Costco are bankrupting cities like ours. #yqrcc
Other problems for downtown: subsidized surface parking for suburban boxstores, NIMBYism, limitless greenfield expansion, high rents, crumbling inadequate underground infrastructure, construction inflation…
January 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Other problems for downtown: subsidized surface parking for suburban boxstores, NIMBYism, limitless greenfield expansion, high rents, crumbling inadequate underground infrastructure, construction inflation…
seriously! i cannot stop looking at every object icome across to see where it was made, and so many giant boxstores and chains are entirely filled w tariff goods. how would he not know this? just another way to quid pro quo the big boys?
April 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
seriously! i cannot stop looking at every object icome across to see where it was made, and so many giant boxstores and chains are entirely filled w tariff goods. how would he not know this? just another way to quid pro quo the big boys?