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Originally Posted by estranged4life
somewhat poor, but in my hometown of Muskogee, Oklahoma we ad more retail choices...Whereas now we have either shop at Wel-Fare Mart or you dont shop.
For Debbie & myself to shop, the closest town with shopping is 26 miles away (52 miles roundtrip)....And guess what is the only shopping option you have in Anadarko, Oklahoma? That's right, Wel-Fare Mart
If Debbie & myself were to avoid shopping at Wel-Fare Mart then we will have to make a 45 mile trip (90 mile roundtrip) to Lawton, Oklahoma...Where you have either Wel-Fare Mart or a failing K-Mart to shop at.
I would love to shop at K-Mart, as I did when I was younger, but their prices at much higher than Wel-Fare Mart's "everyday-BS-low prices" (I will estimate K-Mart is about 25-35% higher on average than Wel-Fare Mart on basic items...If not higher).
The way we figure is that we can either "feed the large money grubbing monopoly" and save our $$$$, Or we can try to help "the little guy/underdog" by spending extra $$$$ for higher priced items and end up being broke...And when you have someone in a family with either a severe illness (ie-Cancer) or with a possible severe illness (Or even if you have mouths to feed such as children) you try to be tight with the $$$$ you have for a budget...Even if it means going against your own morl belief and having to "give in to the Evil Empire" that you dispise!
Trust me, I would love to see more shopping options in the smaller towns around the OKC area so I could take my $$$$ elsewhere from Wel-Fare Mart, But I dont see that happening...if EVER!
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Man...yeah...that sucks. In my hometown (in New Mexico) we did get a Target, and we have a K-Mart. But yeah, the prices are significantly higher. The Target is ok - so that is good for paper goods and hygiene products. But there is only one other grocery chain in town and it is way higher than Hell-mart. WAY higher. Not just pennies...we're talking dollars.
Even here - I shop at a grocery store called Wegmans - but for a dessert I like it's $1.76 at Hell-Mart - and $2.76 at Wegmans..that's quite a difference. Still -now that I'm no longer a college student I try to not shop at Wal-Mart...that was until a rash of unexpected dental work and car work put me in a position where I'm WAY Strapped
It's hard all over....and sometimes - well you just gotta bite the bullet. And Wal-Mart carries the milk I drink (a lactose free-variety) - whereas no other store does
Anyway - I hate K-Mart actually more than Hell-Mart lol - so that's not even an option for me....I gotta take care of me and my doggie - and it's nice to have a few dollars left over in the case of unexpected problems....sigh.