Nantucket is not the first community to ban chain stores
Nantucket is not the first community to ban chain stores from its downtown: Carmel, Calif.; Bristol, R.I.; and Port Townsend, Wash., are among those that have enacted similar bans.
Source: Stacey Stowe (2006). "An Island Unto Itself", The New York Times, April 12, 2006, C5.