Saturday, January 28, 2012

Goodbye Olongapo City Life, Hello Malls


The troubles with the big malls invading Olongapo are multiple. Already the mom and pop stores are disappearing. Things like shoe stores, bicycle shops, ice cream parlors, flower sellers, bakeries, barber and beauty parlors get absorbed by the big boys and store fronts close on main street. Ok, so prices come down. The money generated in these malls is then trucked out of our community in armored cars and invested elsewhere.

Four hundred outside businesses are moving in to one of the malls… and at least 400 local businesses with have to close.

Is it worth having a once proud Olongapo resident and shoe store owner turned into a low paid gremlin sweeping the high rise parking lot?

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