When I lived in the Seattle area, there was, for a time, only one wall mart. It was in Renton. It was a pig stye. I mean you could walk through the clothing section and clothes were all over the floor like a teenagers bedroom. And the customers were creepy. It was a very diverse group, though. Poor whites, blacks, indians (dot in the forehead, not feather) and middle eastern muslims.
I shopped there a total of four times but never bought anything (partly because the lines were so slow I’d leave my item on a shelf near the line and leave.)
But in that area you have all sorts of options other than Wal-Mart so the “non-riff-raff” shops elsewhere. Sorry to put it that way, but that is what actually happens.
Now I’m in central KY. We have Kroger, Lowe’s, a bunch of mom and pop stores and a Wal-Mart. That’s it. Since EVERYONE shops there it is a much nicer place. In fact, I actually like shopping there. The lines are fairly fast, the clerks are beyond nice, and there are now six self checkout stations. I can check out faster than Costco.
In other words, it’s not Wal-Mart. It’s the local clientele. (But you probably already knew that)
I agree completely!