>Oh we could list a thousand chain stores, I'm sure. We recently had a
>beautiful fabric store with everythng from calico to brocades and it
>lasted a half a year then closed. Even still, how many of those
>textiles were made in the US? I don't think we have mills any more.
>Most jobs in these parts are retail jobs, working in the Walmarts,
>etc. I remember kidding with Mark a few years ago and said one day
>we'll all work at Walmart and buy Dell computers. It's narrowing
>faster than I expected.
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The irony is that when the Old Man started Wartmart he wanted it to secure the place of small town American manufacturing and clothing makers. He didn't buy offshore, that came when the kids inherited the business, diametrically opposite just the thing he wanted to promote.