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Sickening how they came to my town of 1,700 and refused to consider a large, vacant, for sale store by the city square, and instead bought and destroyed a very nice old home that was in good condition to build an ugly concrete block "brick" I dont shop there.
Dollar General stores would lease space in existing shopping centers when they came on the scene. Soon afterward, they slowly started building or erecting cheap, steel-frame buildings. Today, the stores now have a little more style with brick and siding and stucco combinations. I can't recognize some of the stores at a distance anymore, as some of the appearances look pretty good.
I like to go because I hate Walmart and avoid it at all costs. Last trip to DG I got batteries, mouthwash, shampoo, and leggings. It's about the only alternative to WM for general stuff since Kmart closed down, although rumor has it that a Target will be going in the old KM location. That would be wonderful.
It's like blaming umbrella's for rain. Stores open up where they'll have a customer base. Although, it is sad that some of them didn't work to enhance store security.
And, as I linked earlier, the same thing was said about convenience stores.
I dont know about poster you asked the question, but I have to ask: Have you ever been in a Wal-Mart? You need one small item, you walk length of multiple football fields to back of a forty acre store, grab it, walk back and they only have two checkers and its a half hour wait. Then you get perused by the door nazi to make sure you havent stolen anything on your way out. Its a pure joy.
I dont know about poster you asked the question, but I have to ask: Have you ever been in a Wal-Mart? You need one small item, you walk length of multiple football fields to back of a forty acre store, grab it, walk back and they only have two checkers and its a half hour wait. Then you get perused by the door nazi to make sure you havent stolen anything on your way out. Its a pure joy.
I dont know about poster you asked the question, but I have to ask: Have you ever been in a Wal-Mart? You need one small item, you walk length of multiple football fields to back of a forty acre store, grab it, walk back and they only have two checkers and its a half hour wait. Then you get perused by the door nazi to make sure you havent stolen anything on your way out. Its a pure joy.
This is true and customer service is slow. Long lines here.
We don't have a Dollar General anywhere near us in rural Wyoming, however we have three Family Dollar stores which is just ridiculous for the small amount of population that we have. 10,000 people in our entire valley in the summer months, probably 6-7k in the winter months, and in 3 of our 4 incorporated towns we have a family dollar in each of them. It's bonkers!
Before we moved here (we came from California) I don't think I had stepped into any of the Dollar stores more than maybe 3 or 4 times. Now that we're in Wyoming and our options for shopping are drastically reduced, I have found myself shopping at Family Dollar once a week or two pre-covid. They have household stuff, food, gifts, etc and the prices are usually reasonable. Without any other stores to go to such as WalMart, Target, etc Family Dollar fits the need.
I have noticed that in other tiny towns throughout Wyoming and Eastern Idaho they almost all have a Family Dollar. So upon reflecting I would say Yes, the Dollar stores do seem to be targeting the rural communities.
Dollar General is similar to other stores that have been around in the past. They kind of remind me of TG&Y, or Woolworths. A difference is that they have some grocery items and they have a strategy for where they locate. They have to be saving people a ton of gas and drive time by locating in rural communities. The stores I see in rural, small towns are always busy.
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