Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/8/2005 12:43:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl writes: Having said this, don't forget that by offering a range of goods at hitherto unseen prices, Wal-Mart has made it possible for low-income people to buy things they could not otherwise have been able to afford. So the social impact is not 100% negative. For what it is worth, the Super Walmart in my town employs several hundred people, (many of them University Students.) A few marginal businesses went down when the store came, but now the two mile corridor on the way to that store is flourishing with restaurants and small businesses in new buildings. No one can say that it has been a bad thing for our rural town, except that it has increased traffic along that formerly rural road, which of course attracts business. Interesting too, that many of those businesses sell higher end versions of products available in the Walmart. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish