Eye-opening. Frustrating. Enraging.
#bigboxstores
Stop subsidizing #Walmart: https://youtu.be/r7-e_yhEzIw via #YouTube
@tikibunnyimports @autonerdery also I think converting #BigBoxStores into #PopUpStores spaces and #Indoor #FleaMarkets is actually a good idea!
- I mean, it's addibg shelter and amendities usually absent from a #FleaMarket and allows for comfortable, year-around useability...
Talking Headways #Podcast: How #BigBoxStores are Destroying the Fabric of #America
Not only are #Malls, #BigBoxStores and #Hypermarkets are #CarCentric hells, they also fail to provide any "#AddedValue" compared to #OnlineShopping unless one needs something right now and can't wait 2-3 business days to get it shipped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEqKtqBShTY
Like: #Groceries and #Consumeables, but why bother driving when I can walk faster to the #ALDI than unpark and park my car?
I hate that I have to shop at Walmart sometimes, the destroyer of small town downtowns and local businesses. I hate that they had everything I had on my shopping list today. They had stuff my regular grocery store should carry but is always out of. And they carry the brand of precooked bacon my wife prefers.
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