I take it Steamtown mall is where the local shops are? Eh I just -- do what I can. I try to hit the independent bookstores not the chains, the small grocery chains rather than Walmart -- I am never together enough to make the farmer's markets or grow my own food. That's that much money that is at least in the regional and local economy not some bank in Arkansas.
I don't get too neurotic over it but when wondering where to get something it's a factor I consider. Mind you WalMart doesn't really carry my type of book anyway... On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 10:15 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Walmart's wierd at night. >> >> I try not to shop at Walmart because I do feel that they are bad for >> local business. However, if you find you need cinderblocks or a >> nightgown at two in the morning they are the only game in town. I >> wonder why the guy who needed toothpaste didn't just pay 50 cents more >> and save a dollar in gas by getting it at a convenience store.... but >> maybe he lives right next door, who knows. > > Maybe I didn't make it clear: but those three guys were together. Maybe the > kid with the toothpaste could have stopped at a convenient store his > grandfather wouldn't have been able to pick up a suitcase and where would > dad have found a half-gallon of hand lotion? ;^) > >> In East Texas they go to WalMart for entertainment, or to stave off >> heatstroke. There is a place for WalMart I guess.... I just wish it >> didn't crowd out so much other stuff. > > At least here it's hard to blame Walmart. Small Scranton shops are being > pushed off the map, but by expansion in general. In the past two decades or > so Dixon city has gone from one small mall and few stores to a dense > collection of nearly every large chain imaginable: Lowes, Home Depot, Best > Buy, Walmart, Target, Circuit City, Sears, Staples, etc - all within a > square mile or so. > > Last year, on the other side of Scranton (and directly below my office), > they built a large "California-style" open mall... over a hundred generally > high-end shops and services. Word has it that the large recently-leveled > lot next that will host (another) Home Depot and a Target. > > So who's fighting with Scranton traffic to hit the Steamtown Mall anymore? > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
