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Originally Posted by Nammu
Growing up my home town was 100% white German/Scandinavian but in the 80's factories closed and those that remained cut wages and benefits so there was a huge exodus of people. Then the first was of asylum seekers came willing to work for the reduced wages. Other asylum seekers followed and even though my home town is now smaller than it was when I was growing up now there's 47 home languages spoken at the high school but fewer people own their home cause of low wages. With all those imagrants not many can afford to open stores. So there's only the one Mexican bakery. Walmart pretty much insures that nobody can afford to compete with them.
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Wal-Mart sucks when they pull that crap. They're not cheap anymore like they used to be, and they don't even price match to their own website. Also, their groceries are 1.5x or 2x the price of the groceries at our local grocery stores. They just undercut all the competition and then raise their prices afterwards because they have no competitors left. I hate them. Oh, and of course they pay everyone like crap, too.
They can't compete with local bakeries around here, though. Their bakery is just complete s*** compared to local bakeries because all it is is like f***ing Betty Crocker. Plus, people around here are sick of Wal-Mart's crap. They'd rather support the local mom and pop shops. Thank god. They're not allowed in Boston. Banned from it by the mayors.