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Politics

Mmm...Trader Joe's

By Matthew Yglesias
August 28, 2006
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"Would you sign a petition to convince Trader Joe's to open in MidCity?"

I totally would if only we could stop referring to the neighborhood as "MidCity." I'd really like a Trader Joe's, but the speed with which the local business association and members shady real estate cabals have been able to foist this term on the world is distressing.