These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities

Sign up to Nebula to support this channel and watch Nebula Originals like "Abolish Everything!" https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free and sponsor free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-these-ugly-big-box-stores-are-literally-bankrupting-cities Buy a Nebula gift card (now with iDEAL!): https://gift.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): https://youtube.com/@njblive ---- Relevant Videos Strong Towns Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp5q-R0lZ0_FCUbeVWK6OGLN69ehUTVa The Strong Towns Growth Ponzi Scheme https://youtu.be/7IsMeKl-Sv0 https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-why-american-cities-are-broke-the-growth-ponzi-scheme-st03 Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math (Urban3) https://youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-suburbia-is-subsidized-heres-the-math-st07 --- References & Further Reading The number of references far exceeds the maximum length that YouTube allows in descriptions, but you can access the full list of references on Nebula or at this link: https://notjustbikes.com/references/bigbox.txt Strong Towns https://strongtowns.org @strongtowns Urban3 https://www.urbanthree.com/ Big-Box Swindle - Stacy Mitchell https://stacymitchell.com/front-page/ Big box stores are costing our cities far more than we ever imagined https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/11/3/big-box-stores-are-costing-our-cities-far-more-than-we-ever-imagined Big Box Urbanism https://www.newgeography.com/content/004887-big-box-urbanism The Walmart Effect https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/ Old Penny's Building, Asheville - John Warner https://www.pubintproj.com/project/old-penneys-building/ McAllen Library https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/7/15/the-mcallen-main-library-a-model-for-big-box-retrofit-or-not http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/about/newmain Abandoned Walmart photos (CC BY 2.0 or Public Domain) By Kirjtc2 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Liftarn using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11911811 By Brave New Films from United States - Hamilton County, Tennessee abandoned store Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628471 By Brave New Films from United States - Abandoned La Junta Wal-Mart, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628260 By Brave New Films from United States - Laramie, WY Formerly store #142Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628808 By Brave New Films from United States - former Wal-Mart store #395, abandoned 1/05Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628011 By Brave New Films - originally posted to Flickr as IMG_0858, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8250486 By Allison Chase from Pontiac, Michigan, USA - Old Wal-Mart Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628221 By Brave New Films from United States - Beaver Dam, Wisconsin abandoned Wal-Mart Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628301 By Brave New Films - originally posted to Flickr as IMG_0860, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8250420 https://flic.kr/p/3R2TB https://flic.kr/p/3og6n https://flic.kr/p/3og6c https://flic.kr/p/33nVD https://flic.kr/p/6Vgn7X https://flic.kr/p/6VgqFT https://flic.kr/p/6Vky2S https://flic.kr/p/2WwbT https://flic.kr/p/6Vgs6R https://flic.kr/p/6Vgo74 https://flic.kr/p/6Vkvjq https://flic.kr/p/6VgmDD https://flic.kr/p/6Vktfj https://flic.kr/p/WinekX https://flic.kr/p/3VRKC https://flic.kr/p/2VEfQ https://flic.kr/p/2JhaU https://flic.kr/p/WhZdZb https://flic.kr/p/3TpEL Walmart Chants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1D5kI1TyMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6a-l_L-pDQ This video uses stock footage from Getty Images and other licensed sources. No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter Thanks to Thomas Frank & 12tone for voicing quotes