But I would hate to see Wal*Mart. Why? Well, partially it is their infamous corporate practices and partially it is the fact that I'm not a generic big-box retail shopper.

I honestly don't think it's right to keep businesses out because they happen to be chains. I like some chains better than I like the local stores, and what's wrong with that? I also don't think a "trendy chains only" policy is going to work. It's discriminatory and you're going to get sued.

The key, I think, is to place size limits on retail. Bigger stores need bigger parking lots and they leave bigger environmental "footprints". Size limits would effectively kill the big-box retailers, favor local small business, and would allow in the Trader Joe's, which are smaller and more compact to begin with.

It dovetails nicely with the whole urban renewal thing, too, since big boxes require big wide open spaces, not urban jungle storefronts.