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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I guess so. I live in a fancy-pants neighborhood and have gone to several Walmarts in rural Texas and the shoppers look pretty darn similar in both.
But I'm not purposely running down the shoppers. When I say it's depressing, I mean the store and the atmosphere of it.
There's also a Sam's Club (Walmart's take on Costco) and I got a free membership there. I didn't like to shop there either because it was depressing. Costco finally opened a store and the difference between the two is night and day. And others I talk to have the same opinion.
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I wasn't talking about the shoppers. I was talking about the merchandise (especially groceries) and how Walmart treats their shoppers. Because rural and the perceived poor people will settle for what they have in the store. You want vanilla ice cream. They only have 2 choices in the poor store. They also as it turns out gets the worse produce. Though I have to say that is slowly changing since last year their sales really dropped by about 50%.
HEB put in a very nice store less than 2 blocks away. Prices are very comparable.
Now on the shoppers, do not go to pretty much any store between noon and 2 on a Sunday. You can't walk down an aisle without smelling what seems to be several broken perfume bottles.