A brand new Walmart has opened complete with grocery store inside. Super they call it.
Where it stands there was a farm. The farm had sheep, a lovely home and orchards.
Now it is a black ugly parking lot with a generic brick walmart looming over it.
The street is a small two lane country road.
The town is small.
Across the road is a family owned hardware business that has a wonderful garden center.
Will they get hurt?
Maybe, though their quality and service will be better. Their employees far superior to Walmarts.
Family businesses was once a way to make a living for an entire family. Some got rich, most just were able to live a decent life from the earnings of the store.
Today it is nearly impossible to have a family business because laws and regulations tax you to death, make it nearly impossible and the mega store corporations run you out of business.
It's really sad but it's been allowed.
Another thing that comes with it is blighted landscapes with ugly stucco and steel buildings that look like junk from the start.
Gone are the charming store fronts of yesteryear and in their place we have mass produced junk architecture. Housing has gone that way too with the McMansion craze.
Big 3,000 sq foot homes on postage size lots. All of them brick with a garage jutting out in front.
They all look alike, feel alike.. are bland and well.. uninspiring.
Its what the traffic allows, though.
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