Were any the equal to Marshall Field's? I think not!
My other comment is that not only does Amazon not contribute to community spirit like decorated department store windows do at Christmastime, Amazon destroys communities. It ruins small businesses and a community's tax base. If everyone buys from Amazon you get ghost towns in downtown.
The Jeff Bezos model for retail sales is ruining America.
Well, Bill, I grant you everything you wrote, except the canard that LA has no downtown, and thus had no downtown department stores.
Thus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_department_stores_in_Downtown_Los_Angeles
But they're all probably gone now...
Were any the equal to Marshall Field's? I think not!
My other comment is that not only does Amazon not contribute to community spirit like decorated department store windows do at Christmastime, Amazon destroys communities. It ruins small businesses and a community's tax base. If everyone buys from Amazon you get ghost towns in downtown.
The Jeff Bezos model for retail sales is ruining America.
My2¢
JF
I stand corrected on the L.A. front. Honoring a long-standing journalistic tradition, I will bury the retraction on page 12.