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From: Silverspotstudio
Date: Fri Apr 01 21:01:18 2005
 
     
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>     Why does everybody beat up on Wal-Mart?

    Errrgh...I was trying to resist jumping in here, but I can't hold
    out any longer.   As David Barzilay pointed out, Wal-Mart destroys
    small retailers (and the small-town culture that they promote)
    whenever it moves into a town. 

    My husband and I often travel to North Dakota in the course of our
    insect research, as well as just for fun. (It's a beautiful place,
    regardless of popular misconception.) We had for several years
    running made it a point to stop at a little microbrew restaurant in
    Dickinson, a relatively large town with a wonderfully old-fashioned
    center of small businesses. No place in ND ever seems to be crowded,
    but the restaurant was usually lively, and the food was great. 

    The last time we visited, the town center was deserted. Many of the
    shops had closed and stood empty, their windows whitewashed from the
    inside. The restaurant was still open for business, but no one was
    eating there. The prices were higher, and the food was, well, pretty
    bad.  They couldn't even afford to do their own brewing anymore. 

    What had happened? You guessed it - Wal-mart came to town. A sad
    story, being repeated all over the nation. 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com
Cincinnati, Ohio

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