16th January 2004, 4:04 PM
Quote:Downtowns. And I've explained this before. Local stores have their prices undercut and in a lot of places they close so Wal-Mart is all that's left... especially in the south...
The three Wal-Marts in my area are business magnets. Tons are stores are moving to where the Wal-Marts are at. In fact, at on location the are just about to finish a huge construction project that brought in, among other things, a Home Depot, a Target, a 12 screen cinema, and a several restaurants. Now, granted, the downtown locally owned stores are hit rather hard, but Wal-Marts pull in a lot of other stores.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.