Reply #65: Americans love Wal-Mart.

[drmeow]

Not this American. Even if I did like their corporate attitude (which I don't), I don't like the feel of their stores. I walk into a Wal-Mart and want to run out of there screaming. It feels like an Americanized third world country - desperate, cheap, poor, and with all the personality and uniqueness homogenized out of it. The last time I went into a Wal-Mart was because I needed cash and there was a credit union branch inside with a machine I could use without paying a fee. Other than that, I haven't shopped at Wal-Mart more than once in past 10 years and that was only because I had been unable to find the product I was looking for at any other store (this was 7 years ago and I hadn't gotten high speed internet or started shopping on-line). I don't even like driving near Wal-Mart stores due to the traffic. They are about to open a Wal-Mart about 1 mile from my house - I will not shop there unless all other alternative venues close.