West Side woes: the price of non-resident business investors
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 5:43PM When Vista Foods closed its 122 McGregor St. location in January, 2008, the West Side lost its only full-service grocery stores. The closing forced neighborhood residents to drive — if they happened to own a car, that is — across the river, or to Goffstown or Bedford to buy their groceries
But even the most unfortunate of circumstances sometimes have silver linings, I thought at the time. Indeed, that space be great for a Trader Joe’s, I decided. It would be great for the West Side and great for me personally, since I don’t like having to drive down to Tyngsboro, Mass., which is the location of the Trader Joe’s nearest Manchester. I even went so far as to suggest to the company that they open a Trader Joe’s in the old Vista Foods location:
