WRT always being able to avoid Wal-Mart, in less populated areas when a Wal-Mart opens if there's any local competition it's generally decimated. When in the S

WRT always being able to avoid Wal-Mart, in less populated areas when a Wal-Mart opens if there's any local competition it's generally decimated. When in the SF bay area I never shop at Wal-Mart. On the SF peninsula you have to go to the south bay or over a bridge just to find one last I checked, there are plenty of options. But after spending winter in a rural area, it's been quite surprising the number of times I've found myself in a Wal-Mart to buy household goods simply because there's no alternative. And boy does the quality of their products _suck_, it's pretty much a store 80% full of garbage, the stuff is so bad I experience buyer's remorse just looking at it on the shelves.