On Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1:12:44 PM UTC-10, jmcquown wrote:
> In 2008-09 the residents in this area (Beaufort/Lady's Island/Saint
> Helena Island) fought (and won) against a proposed new WalMart Super
> Center on Lady's Island. The issue has reared it's ugly head again.
>
> The original commercial zoning of the property called for a series of
> small shops, no more than two stories high and in keeping with
> "lowcountry" architectural style. After WalMart was beaten down the
> owner of the property sued the city. As a result of a settlement he was
> granted a variance allowing construction of an up to 150,000 square foot
> building on the property. WalMart is back, proposing a 149,979 square
> foot Super Center. Arrrgh!
>
> No request for building permits have been filed with the City Planning
> Commission yet but it sure looks like we're in for another fight.
>
> Jill

Those guys opened up a 300,000+ sq ft Walmart/Sam's Club on the busiest section of street in Honolulu. It seemed like an insane idea at the time and logic tells you that's not going to work. The strange part is these days the traffic moves faster. That just goes to show you the value of good traffic management.

The Sam's Club is a lot better shopping experience than Costco, which truly feels like being in a rat race. Shopping at the Walmart is a rat race but as far as rat races goes, it's scale is epic.