Little Village protests new Starbucks in Discount Mall, fears gentrification

[@jrdajuiceman754]

a lady was charging $5 for an elote. a regular starbucks drink is $5. what's the big difference, both are over priced

[@Marco-lx3eh]

I remember elotes used to be $1 and .50 for half an elote.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

They want to stop progress

[@ironaddicted]

Your right everyone is out of control

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

New Logan Square Wicker park Bucktown.

[@raulrobles2961]

The difference is not so the prices. It's more about keeping little village culture. They already changed pilsen. So this could possibly happen here to. Time will tell

[@hdogpapi]

Thst starbucks will have a line around the block and that dude will be in it

[@6300As]

Hell yeah

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will follow suit

[@4supernatural]

That’s sad!….truly

[@franklinsmiles649]

A Business has a right to open anywhere it wants that it pays rent

[@ronnyron4651]

Don’t need them big businesses

[@alexperez6919]

You’re right. When Chicago blocked Walmart from opening within city limits to prevent shutting down local neighborhoods stores it wasn’t to protect small businesses at all

[@Imissyoulou]

@@alexperez6919 There are Walmarts all over Chicago.

[@gimpygardner3377]

​@@Imissyoulou According to CNN, in 2023 Walmart closed 4 of their 8 stores. Walmart is leaving.

[@thefucrew9865]

​@@Imissyoulou, name them.

[@LP-bt4jk]

I don’t see the problem a lot of Mexicans love Starbucks

[@stevensanchez4739]

fr ... from personal experience

[@thefucrew9865]

They are being racist against Starbucks

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

They want to stop Little Village from becoming the new Logan Square and wicker park bucktown.

[@Free_Spirited_26]

Not when the influence of a corporate company threatens your small business and culture of a Latino Community. One opens and then a whole plethora of corporate Businesses take over. Gentrification at its finest.

[@thefucrew9865]

@@Free_Spirited_26 , and yet, there have been NO improvements at all in that community. It has been the same since the 60's, if not have been lowered. Goldblatt's....gone. Zayre.....gone. Zemsky's....gone. Ambrose Pharmacy.....gone. Florsheim Shoes....gone. Saxon.....gone. Jack-In-The-Box.....gone. No corporations. Tell us about one successful business that helped the community, without making money hand over foot for themselves.

[@ironaddicted]

They could open anywhere they want. These people should go to theur leqders they voted for and ask them why they are driven out their communities. You vote for the person that looks like you thinking theyre going toxhelp you but its the opposite they sell you out

[@BobHansen-ik1ln]

Maybe businesses should buy up as many buildings and raise rents

[@alexperez6919]

Because buying 400k for a building at 18% interest rn is the way to beat this trend

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle maybe Uncle Julio Mexican grill maybe will move in next.

[@strongbrave]

Now that is stupid.

[@alexperez6919]

No it’s legit. A StarBucks selling $9 coffee inside a discount mall is the reason for concern. Now long time vendors are being evicted because of the rise in rent

[@Imissyoulou]

@@alexperez6919 Some ventors have their stands on the street, including where Starbucks is going to open.

[@strongbrave]

@@alexperez6919 It's time to tell Gringos...no more tacos....

[@thefucrew9865]

​@@alexperez6919, paying $5 or more for a street side "elote" (corn), is outrageous, when corn is 3-5 for $1 at Mexican stores. Also, those street side vendors' hygiene, with all of the flies and bees, no handwash stations, etc., is not healthy for people.

[@alexperez6919]

@@thefucrew9865 they’re monetizing on the tourist who come through the neighborhood and then gentrify the area. Real latin folk know the best Mexican food is home cooked but all these Main Street businesses charging $3.50-$4.00 a taco can’t be mad at the hustle. Gucci ain’t worth shit unless there’s someone willing to overpay

[@gimpygardner3377]

Sounds like the Hispanic Replacement Theory.

[@thefucrew9865]

Segregation. While they cry "rac-ism" to others, as they hypocritically do the same.

[@Null_irobot]

@@thefucrew9865is that you on your profile pic? Scary….

[@thefucrew9865]

@@Null_irobot , is that your pic on your profile. It must be accurate....a limp monkey puppet.

[@Ephi691]

Good

[@thefucrew9865]

@@Null_irobot , as I am...scary. Let's meet so you can find out.

[@johnnyo5808]

In other words, an all latino staff and a wage over the top for a barista.

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

I dont think latino's can understand how to make a Starbucks drink, they can barley tie their shoe

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle Mexican grill will move in next.

[@jpsanch33]

Just people with nothing to do on a sunday. It has parking and coffee i am in. Clean up all the street vendors instead. Products all in the sun all day.

[@Null_irobot]

@@jpsanch33 simply don’t buy them. Nobody cares about your opinion

[@NG..]

@@Null_irobotjust like nobody cares for people who protest a legal business like Starbucks because they believe in the gentrification boogeyman 😂😂😂

[@slobodanjevtovic7102]

If your neighborhood has high crime, you can’t speak about gentrification anymore. We need safety.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

It's a sign of progress, good New Logan Square Wicker park Bucktown.

[@conservativewarrior777]

Greg Abbott, Ron Ultimate Warrior DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Loren Boebert are laughing their asses off at chicago right now!!

[@ronnyron4651]

You named a bunch of idiots I live in Florida some stuff Desantis does is ok but for the most part he does stuff that doesn’t help the average working man

[@Imissyoulou]

@@ronnyron4651 He dosen't know. He is a trump loving cop, with CPD.

[@thefucrew9865]

​@@ronnyron4651, and yet, you, like all of the other Liberals, and AOC, don't leave Florida, since you think it's that bad....🤷‍♂️

[@thefucrew9865]

​@@Imissyoulou, better than being the CPD hating ungrateful citizens that always call CPD to solve the crimes that your fellow citizens, and usually family members, commit.

[@ronnyron4651]

@@thefucrew9865 I like trump but tim scott and Marco Rubio are worse then aoc

[@shawnecmc5190]

Stop playing the victim.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will follow suit

[@levelintent]

Everything changes. Nothing remains the same forever.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will follow suit

[@arielarroyo1330]

I’m going to little village just to get some Starbucks can’t wait 😊

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will follow suit

[@4supernatural]

Nope!! I support local businesses 🎉❤

[@propblast82nd]

More virtue signaling ❤

[@tinalove8197]

Cmon really? There's a STARBUCKS in CHATHAM, MORGAN PARK, and very HIGH CRIME SOUTH SHORE AND ENGLEWOOD. Yet these areas aren't gentrifying.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

True but Black Hoods are different from Latino hoods latin hoods Gentrify before a black hood.

[@ceesau5410]

Let it be!

[@chico7469]

The Mexican vendors coffee is fi tho , lil elderly lady drop that 2 teaspoons of sugar and a shot of cream that’s been out in the sun all day, delectable 😊 and I’m not even joking, if you know you know.

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

you forgot they dont want to pay rent, taxes and are abusing all social programs!

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

well maybe little village forgot this is America not Mexico, if they want jobs they can clean my toilet !

[@Ephi691]

The way they came and took over California they have a lot of nerves

[@claudiaclaudia936]

@@Ephi691 yeah NATIVES from California taking land from pilgrims 😢😭 Yankees made this LAND🤔

[@Null_irobot]

@@drquinnmedicinewoman7786 go back to Europe

[@Null_irobot]

@@Ephi691 California was once part of Mexico. You go away

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

@@Ephi691 exactly exactly the nerve just keeps extending!! 😤 👍💯

[@ancelmosalgado4585]

How come they don't go to o block and open one their 😂

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Chipotle and Taco Bell will move in next

[@raulrobles2961]

I get why they are upset about this. Look at what happend to pilsen. It changed dramatically. If they really want to stop this they all should unite and boycott this location

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

What happened in Pilsen ?

[@Ephi691]

Didn't the Hispanics run people out of their neighborhoods, maybe it's time for a taste of their own medicine. TRUMP POWER

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

The new Logan Square Wicker park Bucktown ​@@MariaGasca-Reyes

[@NG..]

@@MariaGasca-Reyes the people who believed in the neighborhood and invested in it got rewarded by seeing a rise in property values. Gentrification is always a good thing, you just have to invest in your community and you’ll reap the benefits too.

[@GodBlezzAmerica]

He’s just hating lol

[@ismaelolmos1179]

😂😂😂😂😂 lol it’s funny

[@Mr.JavsOfficial]

GOOFIES.

[@Johnnynbk]

Non-issue. Starbucks is garbage people love.

[@dimebagvinnie644]

hilarious

[@Cheezybusiness]

No Estarbaqs en Lido Villish, umm maybe it’s best for the community. Seeing how those small businesses are drug hubs got drug dealer’s & gangbangers. Some people just don’t like change, even if it kills them. viva Mexico 🇲🇽 cabrones

[@kartergold4137]

Typical hating starts. Starbucks stay and thrive !!

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will move in next 😊

[@chi_fonseca701]

Smh i hope they dont..i hope someone from the community opens up theirnown coffee shop

[@TheyCameForMe]

TREN DE ARAGUA TAKEOVER!!! ☝🏿🧐🇺🇸

[@Wheelgauge-bt7ox]

Is that a new cold brew🤡

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

@@TheyCameForMe the king's handle that area good luck with that

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

@@TheyCameForMe King territory good luck with that

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 ridiculous 🙄 THIS IS AMERICA... anyone can open a business if they have the money get over it you guys couldn't afford the rent... too bad.

[@Null_irobot]

Ew go away hateful person

[@MariaGasca-Reyes]

I wouldn't want a big corporation near my business it would put me out just like small business were Shut down during C19 and only Big corporations were allowed.

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

@MariaGasca-Reyes yo I don't know what to tell you you don't hear the Italians screaming do you and sweetie we're the ones that brought the coffee industry to this country just remember🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 you didn't bring that Cuisine here so don't worry about it... cappuccinos lattes espresso brought to this country by the Italians.

[@MaryHartman-ei9pv]

@@MariaGasca-Reyes well that's too bad because this is the United States of America and this is a capitalist country survival of the fittest get with the game or get out the game

[@Null_irobot]

@@MaryHartman-ei9pv okay who cares about the Italians. Nobody is taking about them.

[@Charlieneumann04]

It's good to see new businesses, more jobs coming to Little Village instead of seeing 20+ quinceñera dresses or money laundering fronts. EVERYONE complains about "unsafe" neighborhoods and how 'companies" dont want to invest in them. Then when the businesses money come, ya'll b**** about other s*** (cultural/race changes, cost of living, etc.) Can't have it both ways, and you cant make everyone happy ALL the time!

[@mrAhollandjr]

@@Charlieneumann04 i get what you are trying to say. The problem with your statement is that when the change for the better comes, the longtime residents don't get to reap any of the benefits of the change. They are forced out so the changes for the better means nothing to them or for them. They have to move somewhere else and then hope regentrification doesn't force them to move again.

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Taco Bell and Chipotle will move in next

[@mrAhollandjr]

@@Victoria3232-j7o not authentic Mexican food. Why go to those places when you can get real authentic Mexican food in a Mexican neighborhood,?

[@Charlieneumann04]

@@mrAhollandjr There's a Starbucks at 63rd & Halsted in Englewood (and a Whole Foods for awhile, RIP), and that did not automatically lead to gentrification and residential displacment due to rising housing prices in Englewood, just some new amenities for locals to enjoy, as would hope is the case in Little village

[@mrAhollandjr]

@@Charlieneumann04 there was NOTHING THERE BEFORE those establishments showed up. The Jewel and the Aldi's that were once nearby closed down. It was so bad that the area, which was once the Englewood Shopping District was repurchased as the new home of Kennedy King College. There's plenty of vacant land north of the area along Halsted. Little Village on the other hand is a vibrant community with little to no vacant land and plenty of businesses along 26th Street and on Kedzie. The neighborhood supports its local businesses. Now a few people have come into the neighborhood and are going to destroy what's there and try to create a new Wicker Park.

[@Top2NotDuce]

All they said was they racist in a slick way

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

They don't want Gringos coming in.

[@uberdriverx-pv6uc]

Lmfao it’s true. Belmon Cragin.. Starbucks opened up before Covid at armitage and Cicero, then another one last summer opened at Diversey and Cicero.. area is now turning white as hell and they look at us Hispanics like we’re the outsiders 😅😅😅😅lmao

[@Imissyoulou]

Belmont Cragin, was a Polish and Germany community in the seventies. What are you talking about?

[@uberdriverx-pv6uc]

@@Imissyoulou lmfao correct. I’m not disputing that at all. I’m just stating that adding a Starbucks DOES mean gentrification

[@thefucrew9865]

​@@uberdriverx-pv6uc, it was "gentrified" long before the Hispanics ever moved in. Pay attention. They "Hispanicfied" the area...taking it over for only their kind, lowering the property values, and creating their versions of the protected culture ghet-toes of the South & West sides....and are now upset that it is being turned around, to make it better, to make it valuable. It's fun to let people destroy their own communities, and buy it at a lower cost, and then turn it around for a profit.

[@robertvillagomez9963]

@@Imissyoulou So was Little Village.

[@Null_irobot]

@@Imissyoulou70s….not anymore. You’re 50+ years late

[@RickLaughs]

Clown Village

[@noname4u2see]

thay baltazar dude just wants more la cuevas😂