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Jilly_in_VA

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1. And we STILL can't get one!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:50 PM

Dec 31

We have an Aldi, but honestly, the last time I went, I could have sworn I was in Dollar General. Couldn't find anything, and the non-grocery aisles had expanded to 4!

I live in Harrisonburg, VA, which is a pretty affluent college town. You would think if they could put one in Murfrees-damn-boro, they could put one here!!!

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Trader Joe's is opening a dozen new locations in 2025. Two are in DC, and one is in Rockville. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 OP

And we STILL can't get one! Jilly_in_VA Dec 31 #1

Murfrees-damn-boro is a college town too unweird Dec 31 #2

And so? Jilly_in_VA Dec 31 #5

School size seems equivalent so perhaps other factors are in play unweird Dec 31 #9

Charlottesville population 2020 census Jilly_in_VA Jan 1 #10

Still a third the size of Murfreesboro unweird Jan 1 #11

But Charlottesville gets one Jilly_in_VA Jan 1 #12

It looks as if there aren't any between you and Charlottesville. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 #6

Exactly Jilly_in_VA Dec 31 #8

DC 7th and Monroe will be a blessing to the Hospital staff and Students that live in Brookland bottomofthehill Dec 31 #3

EXCELLENT. elleng Dec 31 #4

Our Trader Joe's, I'm happy to say, is only 0.7 miles from our house. 3catwoman3 Dec 31 #7