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| From | Ed Murrill <emurrill@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Wal-Mart |
| Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:03:10 -0500 |
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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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