tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780192176859681377.post6089864770131755916..comments2023-11-03T04:09:39.849-04:00Comments on CAMBRIDGEPORT: What Central Square NeedsJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08305590708741707447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780192176859681377.post-10951232978209658102010-05-22T23:04:47.036-04:002010-05-22T23:04:47.036-04:00Exactly. (Also, there's no need for a Gap the...Exactly. (Also, there's no need for a Gap there with the one in Harvard.) More independent stores (like the ones that have just left or are in the process of leaving [Rodney's]) and more culture.<br /><br />Is Cheapo's still there? (I moved away two years ago and haven't been back to Cambridge in just over a year).lonsumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873114186424635313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780192176859681377.post-71538294112444037342010-01-05T23:30:54.390-05:002010-01-05T23:30:54.390-05:00I don't think "retail options" are t...I don't think "retail options" are the options. Rather, they are the problem. The chain corporations rob Central Square of a unique identity, or culture. Chain stores just want to suck up local consumers money, and move it elsewhere, leaving the square dry. Unlike an independently owned business, chain stores don't return the money they make to the local scene.<br /><br />What central square needs is more independently owned business that are actually invested in the region's wellbeing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07967481077847082835noreply@blogger.com