I now have to shop at walmart because I couldnt afford to eat otherwise.. I still feel sad VERY SAD when I think about the moms and pops that lost there lifes work because of this retail giant!
Sign of the Times I guess…:-(
Thanks for sharing, you’ve got a GREAT blog!!

But… now that our budget is considerably smaller, I do appreciate that the orange juice I get being a whole dollar cheaper there than it is at the other store I go to. Also, if I go to walmart’s market place, I can justify buying organic milk to Johnny, as it is only a couple cents more there than the store brand hormone infested stuff.

We have also stayed overnight in a few of their parking lots too.

Quite a conundrum, it is.

I feel your pain.

- jenn -

If MallWart ever gets built there, Humboldt will definitely lose more of what makes it so special. It’s easy to avoid shopping at MallWart when you have no choice. But if it ever goes in, I know that a large majority of the area’s resident’s wouldn’t hesitate to shop there. Looking out for number one is human nature. Even the greenest of the green will sacrifice their principles for lower prices.

For example, last year just before leaving town, I saw a certain politically active, very anti-big box, anti-corporate local in line at Staples, buying a color printer. She could have very easily bought one at any of the three or four independent computer stores in the area. But everyone knows their prices are always higher, and even this person’s hand-to-mouth low budget organization was looking out for number one and going for the cheapest price.

As for MallWart going green, I hope so. The produce in the supercenters is still kinda sucky, but maybe with the ex-Sierra club president working for them now, I hope that at least their infrastructure and impact on the environment will be lessened. Seems like if that company is so smart, the should be able to figure out that if they keep destroying the planet, nobody will be left to buy more of their cheap plastic crap.

Now, if only we could get their workers unionized!

Now that I am living in a large city, I do try to avoid Walmart as much as possible, but I still find myself going there on occasion. Before this we only lived in smaller towns so Walmart was oftentimes the only choice.

Too bad that Walmart is all that is left for so many people in so many towns. They are trying to become more “green”, but ultimately too much stuff isn’t green no matter how responsibly it’s produced and Walmart couldn’t exist without cheap imports from….China. Don’t get me started.

Hey, though, we’re sitting here at almost 8pm with doors and windows open. Today, at least, it’s been SUMMER in Humboldt County!!! Hope it’s nice where you are.