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I absolutely love the last sentence in this snippet of a Globe article on the closing of a Roxbury liquor store. It comes in the middle of a section describing those other than the store's owners who stand to lose income from the closure (the homeless who redeem their empties at the store, or who earn a few bucks a day sweeping up and running errands, for instance.) And then there's this fellow:

David Mays has even more to lose. The president of Tow Happy earns about $2,800 a week towing cars from Liquor Land's lot, where people visiting the hospital often park illegally. "There's no way I'll replace this income," he said, after nearly towing the car of a reporter who had been at the store.

This is amazingly beautiful because it tells the entire story right there.

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[dcart.livejournal.com]

Not just Boston. CVS bought out Revco, Eckerd's and a bunch of other regional chains. They were also part of the group that carved up Albertson's last year. In a lot of places, there's little more than token competition from Walgreen's or Rite-aid.

I was almost happy to find that CVS isn't in this area when we moved here. So far, every time they've bought out some other chain that I used, the place really went to crap under CVS ownership: longer lines, poor customer service, etc, etc.

[ron_newman]

Rite-Aid bought Eckerd (and Brooks, which was part of the same company).

Where do you live that doesn't have CVS? Must not be anywhere near Boston.

[dcart.livejournal.com]

My wife and I moved to the San Jose area about a year ago. According to their website, the nearest CVS is about 200 miles away.

[quodlibetic.livejournal.com]

... for now. :)