Progressives Declare -No Jobs- are Good Enough For South-Side Residents

Chicago Daily Observer: Progressives Declare -No Jobs- are Good Enough For South-Side Residents

If there's ever an illustration of how "progressive" elites and organized labor are keeping the very people they supposedly care about locked up on the plantation, it's their consuming opposition to a new Wal-Mart store on the South Side. ...

Okay, you might say this article is a wee bit polemic (grin), but what a great map (and you know I'm a sucker for a good map or graph.) I'm no expert on Chicago, but based on what I know, support for Wal-Mart seems inversely correlated with income. (As income goes up, support wanes.)

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[Mike Aubrey]

I'm no expert on Chicago but based on what I know, support for Wal-Mart seems inversely correlated with income. (As income goes up support wanes.)

The wealthiest ward is the second lowest color (just below the very large section of the darkest Green on the shore of Lake Michigan. But what's also interesting is that the area that includes the quite wealthy University of Chicago Campus, Hyde Park, is yellow.

So basically, in general you're right, but there are a few anomalies.

[ZZMike]

One of these days I'm going to join an anti-Walmart protest, carrying a sign reading "Down with low prices!!! Down with wide selections!!!"