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Originally Posted by Drolefille
In my city we have 2 Super Walmarts, 4-5 Krogers, a Cubs and a few small grocery stores that survive due to being conveniently located or having a full service meat counter. Those local stores aren't threatened by Walmart so much as the Krogers. And the Super Walmarts haven't harmed Krogers either, in fact it has grown as well. (Eagles went out of business and Krogers bought them up) Schnucks tried to move in to town but blamed Walmart on their store's failure... when a Kroger was closer.
Rambling here, but the point is that Walmart does not equal destruction of a city, here at least it functions very well.
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What is Cubs?
Do you have another discount store? (Kmart, Target or a similar local store)
Do you have a department store? (Walmart is not a true department store.)
Do you have a variety store?
Do you have stores that sell clothing?
Do you have stores that sell CDs?
I'm sorry, but "Walmart didn't hurt us, we have 2 of them and lots of Krogers!" is in the top 5 of really silly statements I've heard where Walmart is concerned.