Walmart Labor practices have certainly been criticized and their critics seem to be numerous. I’m sure there are dozens of websites, blogs that address the issue from both sides.
As this is a housing forum, my focus is on the impact on local Carlsbad housing values and quality of life.
A big box store in that part of Carlsbad will draw alot of traffic from outside of the surrounding areas. Most of the locals in the immediate area were probably OK with a good local grocery store and Starbucks in a small retail strip mall. Having a big box next door is a different story. Who wants all the additional traffic, big semis rolling in at 3am, Christmas season shopping crazies, etc, etc?
It will be interesting to see how this plays out, there seems to be a growing “slow growth” movement in Carlsbad. I bet the city hearing on this project will be contentious. As the city gets progressively built out, locals may be beginning to see that overdevelopment impacts their qualty-of-life.
