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To: i-node who wrote (38780)	11/24/2014 2:20:30 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Although I agree a Walmart store is less attractive as a facility than a cluster of mom-and-pops. I used to dread the prospect of Walmart showing up but I have evolved a more balanced perspective. Walmart is a great boon for people of little means. Everything they could want in one place and you can't beat the prices. I still feel some nostalgia. It's not much fun to shop while traveling anymore--no cool little shops to poke around in. And so many dead main streets. And so much lost entrepreneurship and creativity. Mixed bag, Walmart. Now that I have access to a Walmart, a nice, fresh, big one, I do shop there for Walmarty sorts of things. A few weeks ago I shopped on Amazon for a kitchen timer because I can't hear my range's bell from much beyond the kitchen. Ended up getting this one: Before placing my Amazon order I had this sudden impulse to check the Walmart site. Ended up buying the same thing in the Walmart store for under $3. Gotta love that. I wouldn't have missed the extra $12 but a lot of people would plus it's always fun to get a bargain.