Wal-Mart - a terrible chain.

Jobs, more police, competitive pricing, economic boost. Target has no competition, that's the only store we have anywhere near here. It's time we had a choice for shopping (other than clothes). A grocery store would be welcomed!

As much as we need new opportunities for businesses and jobs, I would hate to see a Wal Mart built in Watertown. We have 2 supermarkets, Stop & Shop on Watertown Street and Pleasant St. A Wal-Mart will be in direct competition with the Super Target store (which has a grocery store component). I've lived in towns where an entire shopping center becomes an asphalt parking lot waste land when the anchor store suffers. Target is the anchor store for the Watertown Mall shopping center. If a Wal-Mart is built, then I'll continue to shop at Target.

Traffic is going to suck

Walmart is the best choice for Watertown. Residents will no longer need to travel considerable distances to Stop and Shop, and competition with Target will be an asset, keeping prices affordable. Many residents including myself will no longer need to drive long distances out of town to get the bargains and low prices of Walmart. In addition, jobs for residents will be created.
Patti

Walmart is the best choice for Watertown. Residents will no longer need to travel considerable distances to Stop and Shop, and competition with Target will be an asset, keeping prices affordable. Many residents including myself will no longer need to drive long distances out of town to get the bargains and low prices of Walmart. In addition, jobs for residents will be created.
Patti

It'll happen, the only question is how much money Walmart will have to pay to play. I betcha that Victory Field will become Sam Walton field before fall.

Pete and Mark will sell their souls to pay for that asphalt playground.

Patti Days, do you realize there are two Stop & Shop stores in Watertown? The low-wage jobs at Walmart aren't going to help get anyone out of poverty.

Traffic is already horrendous on the very narrow residential streets between Arsenal and Mt. Auburn Streets. We can tolerate the cheerleading school and baseball cages (which actually may provide some value, unlike a megachain conglomerate/richest company in the U.S. who still can't pay health benefits to their barely-living-wage workers), but an additional 5,000 people per day cutting down Irving/Garnet/Phillips/Parker to avoid traffic on Mt. Auburn and Arsenal is just unfathomable. Please don't let this happen.

I am happy and excited for a great Wal-mart store to open in Watertown. Walmart is a great store giving great fair prices for all their items. I fully favor for Walmart store for is and should arrive in Watertown with no stopping at all. Walmart will help all Watertown homeowners, residents, and all individuals for it is a great store that indeed will help all individuals, Jobs, and will pay into our Watertown Taxes . Please open op Walmart, soon. Ignore all the negativity, for those individuals will be there shopping in this new Wal-mart Watertown, Ma .
Once again, please open up Walmart Watertown soon. I am a Watertown Homeowner and all my life live in Watertown, MA. I hope for hear more great news to arrive soon for new Walmart Store to open in Watertown.

I would welcome an alternative to Target. As a single mom on a moderate income, Target, Shaw's and Stop and Shop are not easy on the wallet and Wal-Mart would allow me to stay in Watertown to do all my shopping rather than travel to other communities with more reasonable options for buying what I need to survive until the
next paycheck

FYI: Lowest costs for food/everything is Costco or BJ's. There is a BJ's on the Watertown/Waltham line..while you have to go further to get to Costcos. No need for more big box, more crime,more traffic stores. The taxes we'll get will be used up via the extra costs in traffic and crime along with the potential losses in revenue to Main Street/Galen street business due to traffic. I already time my trips to that area as the traffic can be very bad. Coming down Galen St toward's Watertown Sq even at 3:00 is a long wait back to Direct Tire. The potential savings on some items at Walmart will be eaten up by the consumer via the car idling in traffic!(unless you can walk:>).

Does this site make an effort to weed out sock-puppet astroturf accounts? Seems like an obvious red-flag when new accounts suddenly pop up to support unpopular issues.

what will happen to CVS in watertown sq? maybe out of business ,if walmart arrives