Has Walmart hate reached that crescendo where hipsters are supposed to ironically like it yet? Or are we in the post-hate/post-irony phase where we just quickly buy a cheap toaster and leave?

I don't have an iPad so I can't keep up on these things.

So long as wal-mart exists, it will be hated. I dislike even going near one. For everything it stands for, and also, I find them creepy.

I have only been out to the airport Ikea once, but it only took once to know that I get the same kind of creepy vibes from that shopping center. Something about the desolate landscape and massive slabs of concrete churns my stomach.

None of those proposed locations are in Portland proper.

your actions are futile the simple fact of the world is money talks. walmart will go where walmart wants as soon as the right money is offered

I see Hillsboro is still keeping them out. Go Hillsboro.

Hipsters don't ironically get in to things because they are hated, they get in to things because they have faded in to obscurity after being somewhat popular. Wal-Mart is in no danger of attracting hipster business.

I'm still not certain why Wal-Mart chose a logo that looks like a puckered anus.

(And, yes, I *am* trying to see how many comments I can work the word "anus" into this week, thank you very much.)

We want prenup.

So Portland desperately wants more grocery stores in low income communities, as long as they're not Wal-Mart. That makes sense.

Also, none of those locations are actually in Portland, so we don't have to worry.