I live in a burgeoning suburban paradise. Kansas City North and the radius around the intersection of I-29 and Barry Road to be exact. We just need a 24 Hr Fitness, Whole Foods, Chic-Fil-A, and Insert Major Chain that’s still missing from the Northland to be a full-blown utopia of suburban yuppie living ala Johnson County, KS.
A quick note on the traffic: the intersection of Tiffany Springs and whatever that other street is needs to be a 4-way stop. Now that shops are open and traffic has increased, so has the likelihood of nearly slamming into someone who can’t see you. Enter me. I stopped, I looked, I started to turn and then someone came barreling forward- definitely speeding and not really paying attention to the rest of traffic (or he couldn’t see me either.) I was pretty darn lucky.
Anyhow, on to my review of the new Target. I didn’t know it was open until I checked for an item online and it pointed me to the new location as the nearest. Cool! So, off I went to check it out. The parking lot is a little weird and will probably need some signage also, but overall, not terrible. As I entered the store, I grabbed a cart–now, these are not the ordinary carts; nope, they are all plastic and sort of look like toys and are a bit larger than your normal carts. I suppose they are either cheaper or more durable. Anyhow, problem number one: the carts are too wide for the aisles. It’s difficult to get two carts to pass (in the night) without causing an ordeal. Problem number 2 is related: there are pillars in the middle of some of the aisles and you can’t get your cart around them on both sides. They made it incredibly inconvenient to shop for curtains this afternoon. I was getting pretty frustrated with the constricted aisles and Playskool carts. The store wasn’t crazy busy so it shouldn’t have been such an issue to share space but I felt like I was in Wal-Mart. I also kept running into the same ungrateful college girl. She was shopping with her mother and some friends and OH. MY. GOD. all she seemed capable of doing was complaining, belitting her mother (who was probably paying for her booty) and taking up my valuable browsing space.
The selection of merchandise and in stock items was bountiful. I had a lovely variety of items from which to choose and paralyze myself with indecision. I did not attempt the clothing, food, or shoe sections- I instead made the obligatory $1 item whirl and headed straight to housewares.
All in all, I would recommend going early or late to avoid people and only getting a cart if you really need one.
I wanted to check it out while I was in town, but alas, they were not yet open. We did go to the old Target by the mall. It sucked. Not surprising since most things still over around Metro North suck! What are they going to do with Metro North? I think they ought to bulldoze all of it and plant some trees. That’s probably what was there before the mall.
I’m so glad the new Target sucks, I like my Target. The one Brian seems to dislike just because it’s by Metro North Mall. I agree that they should bull doze it but I disagree with planting trees. Maybe we could have a gigantic Starbucks there so that I can go whenever I want and there’s always a cushy chair available.