Comments on: Good Human Tip Of The Week – Shop Locally Owned Businesses. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6913 david Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:13:04 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6913 Jaime - It's not crap - it works perfectly fine for my community. Plano only has 250,000 people, and this is a community driven site. With that few a people, it's no wonder the site doesn't work. Starbucks is a giant chain that sends money out of communities while local stores keep money in the community - it's a no brainer. Jaime – It’s not crap – it works perfectly fine for my community. Plano only has 250,000 people, and this is a community driven site. With that few a people, it’s no wonder the site doesn’t work.

Starbucks is a giant chain that sends money out of communities while local stores keep money in the community – it’s a no brainer.

]]> By: Jaime Cangas http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6906 Jaime Cangas Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:00:47 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6906 Folks Delocator.net is total crap, the search feature basically does not work. I live in Plano TX which has many chain businesses and many local independent businesess as well. Plano is a suburb of Dallas with over a 1/4 million people. Any site that is trying to promote driving business away from the likes of Starbucks has little chance of long term success. People need to stop picking on Starbucks. They provide a consistent product across all locations and at least it's made fresh. They don't claim to be the best and god knows they are not, but If were to try and open a coffee shop in Plano I would be laughed out of the bank. Folks Delocator.net is total crap, the search feature basically does not work. I live in Plano TX which has many chain businesses and many local independent businesess as well. Plano is a suburb of Dallas with over a 1/4 million people. Any site that is trying to promote driving business away from the likes of Starbucks has little chance of long term success. People need to stop picking on Starbucks. They provide a consistent product across all locations and at least it’s made fresh. They don’t claim to be the best and god knows they are not, but If were to try and open a coffee shop in Plano I would be laughed out of the bank.

]]> By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6845 david Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:51:25 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6845 Glad to be of assistance Chris! Glad to be of assistance Chris!

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6841 Chris Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2007/11/03/good-human-tip-of-the-week-shop-locally-owned-businesses/#comment-6841 This is a great idea! We live in a small community, Milton, just outside of Toronto, Ontario Canada which is now the fastest growing municipality in Canada. It has grown over 70% in less than 10 years. Naturally this has led to an influx of box stores to what was once a community driven by privately owned businesses. Since my fiance and I are both from small towns, we try to shop at locally owned stores as much as possible. Occasionally that means spending a few more dollars, but in most cases I don't mind doing this. I'm not sure if there is a Canadian equivalent to Delocator.net, but I plan to look into this, it might be something worth getting going in Canada as well. Thanks for another stimulating post GH... Chris This is a great idea! We live in a small community, Milton, just outside of Toronto, Ontario Canada which is now the fastest growing municipality in Canada. It has grown over 70% in less than 10 years. Naturally this has led to an influx of box stores to what was once a community driven by privately owned businesses. Since my fiance and I are both from small towns, we try to shop at locally owned stores as much as possible. Occasionally that means spending a few more dollars, but in most cases I don’t mind doing this. I’m not sure if there is a Canadian equivalent to Delocator.net, but I plan to look into this, it might be something worth getting going in Canada as well.

Thanks for another stimulating post GH…

Chris

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