Arkansas was ground zero

sweetwater · 07-13-2008, 07:42 PM

I wish I could say that I never shop at Wal-Mart, but around here there are few choices.

bluecuracao · 07-13-2008, 08:00 PM

My workplace is in a suburb that as far as I can tell, started out as kind of a quaint small town, but has long been overrun by strip malls, a huge enclosed mall, random big-box stores, and various scattered chain stores and restaurants. So when we saw a Super Wal-Mart going up nearby, I couldn't understand why some of my co-workers were so excited about it.

What is the allure, besides the cheap prices? A lot of the surrounding chains are discount stores, too--its presence in that area just seems so redundant to me. It opened next to a Sam's Club, for christ's sake.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2008, 08:06 PM

Walmart wants to save that quaint little town by driving all those other stores out. Then they'll close that store and everyone will have no choice but to drive a few miles to the next one.

07-13-2008, 07:42 PM	#1
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I wish I could say that I never shop at Wal-Mart, but around here there are few choices. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

07-13-2008, 08:06 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Walmart wants to save that quaint little town by driving all those other stores out. Then they'll close that store and everyone will have no choice but to drive a few miles to the next one. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-13-2008, 08:00 PM	#2
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	My workplace is in a suburb that as far as I can tell, started out as kind of a quaint small town, but has long been overrun by strip malls, a huge enclosed mall, random big-box stores, and various scattered chain stores and restaurants. So when we saw a Super Wal-Mart going up nearby, I couldn't understand why some of my co-workers were so excited about it. What is the allure, besides the cheap prices? A lot of the surrounding chains are discount stores, too--its presence in that area just seems so redundant to me. It opened next to a Sam's Club, for christ's sake.

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