Wendy Waters recounts Costco's attempt to break into the Manhattan market.
A coalition of neighborhood activists, labor groups and (almost certainly) local businesses are trying to repel Costco's foray.
While their agendas are transparent, the arguments they've trotted out are mostly of the, "It won't work here, so don't try" variety.
Wendy does a nice job dissecting them.
I once thought that these fights in far-off cities didn't really affect me.
I felt a little schadenfreude ,...
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