Is Wal-Mart Destroying Small Town America?
business goes. America seems content to let the era of small business shops die a natural death. If we didn’t like it, we would shop more downtown and give them our business. I even gave up on the idea of owning a bookstore. I really thought about it and looked into it. But with the competition out there a small non chain bookstore won’t make it. Maybe a used book store that takes trades or whatever, but my county already has at least two of those. We do have a lot of thrift shops that seem to be doing well, I shop them a lot myself. Also Pawn Shops are alive and well in the downtown areas. I even see an occasional art gallery from time to time. But as for the old time mom and pop type stores, they are gone for the most part. Another thing you here people say about Wal-Mart is the bad way they treat their employees. Well this is America, if you don’t like your job, quit. If they were that bad to their people, the government would put a stop to it. As long as it isn’t forced child labor
