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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Wal-mart |
| Date | Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:12:58 -0600 |
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At 12:33 PM 12/3/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Over here in Bozeman they are getting ready to open the Superstore. As a
>result a lot of businesses are doing their best to deal with that. It
>means the locally owned business are expanding their offerings and
>finding new lower prices. In the last three years we've been invaded by
>big box stores of all sorts. While they seem to be pulling in loads of
>business the local hardware, Food Co-op, and book stores are thriving
>because they know what they sell and are our main street friends.
>Literally
Our local food chain, Brookshires built a HUGE supermarket that opened a year
ago thats as nice as any large city supermarket (in a town of 11,000) when
they
found out Wal-Mart was planning to build a supercenter here. Unfortunately
they had to raise prices too to pay for the thing.
>I still find it shocking that people love their Wal-Mart. You would be
>surprised how many people pissed and moaned because the city made WM
>jump through some hoops to open and then expand. As a result the Bzm WM
>isn't as ugly as the one up the road in Helena. What it stands for is
>ugly, but so is most big business.
Our local Mayor and city council wanted Wal-Mart to buld one here. Our small
town is surrounded by smaller towns and building a supercenter would prevent
people driving to Longview and coming into Kilgore to shop. Its a damn shame
USA companies have to cut domestic jobs and lower quality like Levis did just
to keep Wal-Mart happy. (and I agree with the article when it says that Levi's
new jeans are cheap quality compared to the old ones - even K-Mart's Route 66
jeans are a better buy)
>Some local film makers did a devastating documentary about the cult of
>people who live in their mobile homes, and travel aimlessly from
>Wal-Mart parking lot to Wal-Mart parking lot. Might be called No Place
>To Go... Now that is a sign of the end of civilization as we know it.
Are these Homeless people or people going from Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart selling
(many times bootleg) shoes and clothes?
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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