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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Wal-Mart |
| Date | Thu, 4 Dec 2003 00:43:50 -0500 |
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Not to beat a semantic point into the ground... but allow me to do just
that.
Many, many things contributed to the death of downtown in America. But the
impact of Wal-Mart on that phenomenon is quantifiable and positively
correlated. The grander argument about what killed downtown is different
from, does Wal-Mart kill downtown. The answers, in order: (1.) A confluence
of social, economic, demographic, and technological factors (e.g. the
automobile; telecommuting); (2.) Yes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Murrill" <emurrill@earthlink.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: Wal-Mart
> First of all you must learn to say it correctly. It's "the Wal-Marts".
> For example, Bubba and me was down at the Wal-Marts having a corn dog
> and we saw Billy Bob. Good to see so many people here hate them as much
> as I do. I have to agree with Stewart that Wal-Mart didn't kill downtown
> America, it was the shopping center in general. Wal-Mart put the final
> nails in the coffins of the local businesses that managed to survive the
> initial urban sprawl. Our downtown died in 1976 when the first big
> shopping center opened on the expanding east side of town and the
> downtown drug store moved out there. Luckily it's been revitalized and
> is now a mixture of antique shops, cafes and office space. I have a
> theory that, to most people, shopping is as much a social event as it is
> a necessity. Going to town on Saturday was as big as it got in the good
> old days because everything and everyone was there. Now it's at
> Wal-Mart, but I'm not.
>
> Ed
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