Grocery stores with apartments above them are omnipresent in Norway, so this doesn't really stand out to me as a bad thing, if anything it's a better use of space. Is there something I'm missing?
I imagine a lot of the reaction here is because Coscos are generally absolutely massive stores that sell everything on earth usually located some ways away from anything at all surrounded by giant parking lots. Building apartments atop large stores in a city is extremely normal.
I think the only thing you're missing is the pessimism that the only way these will be implemented is in an overly exploitative fashion.
Having mixed-use buildings with residential over commercial properties is very common in the US as well. I think the base assumption leading people to the pessimistic appraisal of the project is that Costco will be the one renting the space from Thrive and subletting to Costco employees among other renters similarly to historical Company Towns. I haven't yet read anything to confirm or deny this assumption.
private capitalist enclaves just have a bad vibe, also it's like a combo of all the bad/annoying parts of the collapsing west rolled into one - your landlord, HOA, your boss, all the same inscrutable entity, you can't advocate for yourself in the workplace without risking your housing, and you can't fight a shitty landlord or HOA ordinance without risking your job.
Also just further atomisation and alienation, people living at the remote megastore instead of leaving their street to go out for essentials.
Also now all your co-workers are your neighbors too.
Those are the things that come to mind.
Uhh capitalism breeds innovation?
This is the stage beyond company towns: company arcologies. You will live, work, and die all in one convenient place just so long as you aren't fired into the ash wastes for being 13 seconds late to your 16 hour shift
New type of Costco Guys incoming
they're gonna bring back feudal society but with the masses bound to corporate entities, arent they?
the fascism of the 21st century is being owned by a corporate lord and living on your work site isnt it?
bring back? that was the fascism of the 19th and 20th century that we just clawed our way out of and broke the chains of slavery on the way. they're trying to put us back in our place now.
iirc it's to get around planning laws that reduce scrutiny on planning permission as long as X% of space is used as a residential estate.
whats sad is this is a great improvement to american urban society
I mean this would be kinda cool. Double chunk chocolate cookie for breakfast every day. Never run out of toilet paper.
the government should be building housing on top of costcos, and by that, i mean literally ON TOP of them. tear them down and build housing there
I don't get what's so uniquely bad about this? It sounds more like they're just renting out apartments, rather than tying you living there to your employment with Costco? Yes, rent is bad, but this doesn't really make them any worse than any other landlord?
Same, the post doesn't mention Costo workers directly.
Not saying it wouldn't happen, but isn't this only new or unique because it's a big box store and not a small shop?
you may not like it but this is what peak mixed-use looks like
Kinda reminds me of the Costco I saw in korea.
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