The CRIBA Blog :: Live Local, Buy Local » Police http://blog.criba.org Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Hidden costs http://blog.criba.org/2008/09/19/hidden-costs/ http://blog.criba.org/2008/09/19/hidden-costs/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:41:19 +0000 Justin Cresswell http://cribany.wordpress.com/?p=64 Stacy’s answering an audience question about zoning and the rash of site abandonment by big-boxers and the hidden development costs incurred by local governments.

A single Wal-Mart generated 10,000 car trips a day. A day. Just one day.

A large number of police calls generated by Wal-Marts, for police services, traffic, and accidents.

Road maintenance

“Big-boxers even play municipalities against each other.”

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