• @arrow74@lemm.ee
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    84 days ago

    And it’s only getting worse. The roads in my town this weekend were desolate. I fear it’s from people staying in.

    Plus walmart is busier than ever, which is a bad sign. People turn to cheaper retailers in bad economies.

    • @CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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      104 days ago

      You guys still have Walmart? They ran our local stores out of town, then closed up shop themselves citing high theft. Now all that’s left is a 140,000 sqft husk of a store front that no business is interested in occupying and no one wants to pay to tear down

      • some pirateOP
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        11 day ago

        Coto, it’s owned by a guy who is the number 3 billionaire in Argentina, he owns the most expensive hotel in Miami. There’s also french Carrefour, Dia and Diarco, each one bigger than walmart in a single state of the US, there’s walmart in Chile tho

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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        104 days ago

        I’ve always thought big empty buildings like that would be a sick space for a community market

        • @MacAttak8@lemmy.world
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          53 days ago

          Great idea! Community market with plenty of space for educational opportunities for the community. Even space for a cafe or two. Build our own Third Places. Parking lots are already there too most of the time.