Few Walmarts in South OC (Irvine, Oroville: real estate, loan, buy)

[GoldenZephyr]

Around the Newport Irvine area there are no Wal-Marts to speak of and I see that the hideous Sam's Club is closing in Irvine as well.

Kudos to OC, ridding the world of Wal-Mart is truly a noble endeavor. Too bad only those with money can experience the bliss of keeping away from that hole of depression and filth that is Wal-Mart.

As Whoopi Goldberg said, if a woman is feeling down and low about herself, all she needs to do is walk through a WalMart take a look at the shoppers and she'll leave feeling like a queen.

[Fontucky]

Union worker are you?

[CAVA1990]

Another sign of your upcoming apocalypse?

[BlueyedCat]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Union worker are you?

LOL Fontucky!

[EscapeCalifornia]

Funny how everyone hates Walmart, yet they're one of the biggest companies in the country.

[bhcompy]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Funny how everyone hates Walmart, yet they're one of the biggest companies in the country.

Because they've become the only game in town in many parts of the country.

Walmart in urban CA is an armpit. Walmart in rural CA(say, Oroville) is the only store you got and actually not terrible. I tend to see this across most of the country. Sam's Club I don't mind so much, but the level of service does not equal what it should be for a pay-for membership store, and the lack of service has always been the problem with Walmart properties.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by GoldenZephyr

As Whoopi Goldberg said, if a woman is feeling down and low about herself, all she needs to do is walk through a WalMart take a look at the shoppers and she'll leave feeling like a queen.

Many of you have probably already seen this, but if you haven't and you want some great laughs, spend a few minutes clicking through this:

People of Walmart: a collection of all the creatures that grace us with their presence at Walmart, America's favorite store.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by GoldenZephyr

Around the Newport Irvine area there are no Wal-Marts to speak of and I see that the hideous Sam's Club is closing in Irvine as well.

Kudos to OC, ridding the world of Wal-Mart

Maybe the land is too expensive for a Wal-Mart in those places.

[GoldenZephyr]

Actually, I am against unions for the most part as I think that they reduce production and artificially increase costs. I am against Wal-Mart because they receive enormous tax subsidies through social programs that make their so called "low prices" a joke. If WalMart actually had to pay for every worker receiving benefits from social welfare programs, I wouldn't have an issue with them, but they don't, we do.

Save a nickel on a bottle of Suave, pay an extra 50 cents in taxes, yea, save money live better. If people only understood that WalMart exacerbates poverty rather than "saving them money" the company would reform or go out of business.

As far as unionization, I REAAALLLLY hope Wal-Mart gets unionized, look at what it did for the Big 3 Automakers. Unionization would be the ultimate Trojan horse, destroying WalMart from within, rotting them to the core and ultimately bankrupting them. Unions today are parasitic organizations that destroy business. Good business typically don't get unionized and do so rather effortlessly, bad business like Walmart have to spend millions preventing unions from coming in because unions are a response to their parasitic behavior, one parasite loves another.

The poor stay poor because they buy cheap junk that in the long run costs them more. Example, they buy a product at Walmart that is say 30% cheaper at WalMart, but lasts 50-60% shorter than an item of higher quality. Ultimately in the long run, they end up getting less utility and spending more money, hence why the poor are trapped and usually get a raw deal. Wal-Mart is the equivalent of a Payday loan shop, userous and slimy.

If people only understood that WalMart exacerbates poverty rather than "saving them money" the company would reform or go out of business.

Unfortunately, most people have a rather low reasoning capacity and can only reason to the extent of "yuuuuu, but WalMart saves me money cause its cheaper there, uh huuuuh". Critical reasoning isn't taught in schools today and the only forecasting that the average person can do is guessing who will win American Idol this year.

No surprise that affluent communities largely shun WalMart. Anyone with any sense would never set foot in that zone of trashiness and pay more money for less in the long run. By and large, affluent communities have higher levels of education, sophistication, etc. You wouldn't want that blight in your community if you could avoid it, and you wouldn't waste your money on junk when you could buy quality that would end up actually saving you money in the long run.

[CAVA1990]

People should buy less stuff and spend that money on real estate.