Wal-Mart Loses Another Location Battle

Hmmm, it looks like the realization that there is "a high cost for the low prices" at Wal-Mart is growing: in today's Los Angeles Times comes word that Wal-Mart has given up on its plans for opening a 150,000 square foot "supercenter" at the corner of Nordhoff and Tampa in Northridge. According to the article, Wal-Mart did not want to conduct "a lengthy evironmental impact report" as required by local city ordinances because it would be too costly and delay the opening of the store by several months. Despite this loss, Wal-Mart still has several stores in Southern California, in fact Wal-Mart has three within several miles of the disputed location, in Porter Ranch, West Hills and Van Nuys.