yes. And meanwhile net employment may not have changed but people who used to work at small retail enterprises now work at WalMart. And I will no longer be able to buy Terry Pratchett at 10pm if I so desire.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "I try not to shop at Walmart because I do feel that they are bad for local > business." > > The Wal-mart Effects spends a lot of time talking about this. If I remember > correctly, the pattern starts with local small business hanging on for a > while before they go out of business. At the same time, feeder businesses > end up opening in the same shopping center or near the Wal-mart. The net > economic effects ends up being even. However, downtown areas of small towns > are basically deserted. This cycle tends to repeat. Wal-marts are > notorious for building a larger store just a mile down the store leaving a > derelict shopping center behind since the small stores no longer have a big > draw. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:271258 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
