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First of all, I'm a conservative. Yet, I'm also an urban watchdog.
I used to like Walmart when it was called "Wal*Mart." Back then, there was only two stores: diminishing regular ones and Supercenters fronted by big ole parking lots. But ever since liberals have started objecting to Wal*Mart building Supercenters NEAR downtowns (e. g. the South Side in Chicago), things have gone downhill.
They should have allowed Wal*Mart to execute this plan. Thanks to their interference, Wal*Mart, with no fault of their own (they have to make profit) tried to go trendy with another plan, to appeal to those who hate it. They changed their logo to something incredibly lame, and rolled out "Neighborhood Markets" and "Marketside" stores. Instead of opening NEAR downtowns, Walmart wants to open IN downtowns with these store formats.
Frankly, I don't see this fit. While downtown is a place for big business to show their capitalistic potential, Walmart is a sub/exurban store, and should not pursue these midget discount stores. The South Side, Bronx, Boyle Heights, or wherever else are appropriate because it would cater to the immediate residents. And big stores. While people stopped most this, Walmart managed to build one small store at the edge of Chicago, and it's pathetic.
Why aren't liberals fighting these new store ventures with as much passion as they did for inner city stores? Now I have to fight the new "Walmart" and people who caused it to morph from a decent store to a strange, trying to be upscale, painted ugly earth tone colors place.
I used to like Walmart when it was called "Wal*Mart." Back then, there was only two stores: diminishing regular ones and Supercenters fronted by big ole parking lots. But ever since liberals have started objecting to Wal*Mart building Supercenters NEAR downtowns (e. g. the South Side in Chicago), things have gone downhill.
They should have allowed Wal*Mart to execute this plan. Thanks to their interference, Wal*Mart, with no fault of their own (they have to make profit) tried to go trendy with another plan, to appeal to those who hate it. They changed their logo to something incredibly lame, and rolled out "Neighborhood Markets" and "Marketside" stores. Instead of opening NEAR downtowns, Walmart wants to open IN downtowns with these store formats.
Frankly, I don't see this fit. While downtown is a place for big business to show their capitalistic potential, Walmart is a sub/exurban store, and should not pursue these midget discount stores. The South Side, Bronx, Boyle Heights, or wherever else are appropriate because it would cater to the immediate residents. And big stores. While people stopped most this, Walmart managed to build one small store at the edge of Chicago, and it's pathetic.
Why aren't liberals fighting these new store ventures with as much passion as they did for inner city stores? Now I have to fight the new "Walmart" and people who caused it to morph from a decent store to a strange, trying to be upscale, painted ugly earth tone colors place.