Local Businesses - NOT Wal-mart!
Date: Apr 24th, 2006 5:06:57 pm - Subscribe
Mood: invaded
Wal-Mart is the blight of the United States! Having not bought from them in almost two years eases my mind a little, and to see that there are so many concerned citizens out there makes me feel better!
They came into my town years ago...I shopped there; I loved it!
Then after Sam Walton's death, I realized what their goal was: domination. They force mom & pop shops out of business. There is no way to compete with a power-buyer-and-seller.
Just last winter they left their building vacant and moved into the newly built Super Center about 2 miles down the road from the existing WM. They built it on beautiful farmland that once had horses playing in the fields. Now the part of town they were in is dying. Four restaurants have opened at the new location, while the restaurants at the other lose business.
The poor neighborhood where they built the Super Center! The light pollution is horrible! The crime rate will go up in that neighborhood. What is even sadder is that the families that lived around the new Super Center were renters. They were forced to move out and find another place to live.
Oh, and the trees! The beautiful trees! There are several HUGE oaks lining a driveway across the road from the SC. They will soon be gone...and no one cares.
Everyone is so greedy...thinking about themselves, not their kids or grandkids, not the effects on local businesses. Close down family-run businesses and offer them minimum wage jobs with scanty health benefits. Offer them a job making half what they previously made!
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