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How Can Cities Fix Big Box Stores?

City Beautiful · Nov 14, 2026 · 26:36

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Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautifulWatch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-can-cities-fix-big-box-storesBig box stores like Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco dominate the suburban retail landscape. What impact do they have on cities, and are there ways local governments can reduce their negative impacts?Resources on this topic:- Growth of Target, 1962-2008 | FlowingData​- https://www.statista.com/statistics/255965/total-number-of-target-stores-in-north-america/https://www.statista.com/statistics/256172/total-number-of-walmart-stores-worldwide/- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r_q50XPRY- https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2024/09/target-small-format-data.html?page=all- https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQqbXbUrP34- https://www.sightline.org/2021/12/16/yes-even-walmart-wants-to-build-smaller-parking-lots/- https://www.sightline.org/2022/01/11/to-stop-building-heat-islands-stop-overbuilding-parking-lots/- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/business/ev-chargers-store-parking-lots.html- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204601001967?casa_token=mTNICLDzaiIAAAAA:TpMxknWL7wiGFA7qWmp79m04q8MPBS7msfdWXvixmb7VpjwRyl-y7Z-iE8HzjnKm8U5BRc3H- https://lawreview.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/9.-Schindler-FINAL_s.pdf- https://inhabitat.com/big-box-supermarket-transformed-into-gorgeous-eden-prairie-library-in-minnesota/- https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26202645.pdf?casa_token=fB4tCcvYh9cAAAAA:ZhoZQrHJZ_1LfkM-mA-xxpA7Bic56mMsrYzAK4Vp400NhHhTI-D8g4QLsw4RBZ7Ccd91b4-E316yvBLQGqpM2cLkl-f6HSCPp0YQE9PSH3Ux_e3kcA- https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26202645.pdf?casa_token=fB4tCcvYh9cAAAAA:ZhoZQrHJZ_1LfkM-mA-xxpA7Bic56mMsrYzAK4Vp400NhHhTI-D8g4QLsw4RBZ7Ccd91b4-E316yvBLQGqpM2cLkl-f6HSCPp0YQE9PSH3Ux_e3kcAProduced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Written by Dave Amos.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.Trans rights.
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