

Here in Atlanta, we do welcome good businesses including Wal-Mart. They live in a smallerish city in MI and so their store is open 24 hours.Īnother +1 from me. And FWIW, my SIL actually works at Wal-Mart and one of my younger brothers works there overnight (see, staying on topic) stocking shelves. In regards to the labor issues people have, I feel that the employees need to do something about that and that it is an issue between corporate Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart employees. They sell a lot of stuff made in this country. I am a big supporter of USA made items and I will pay extra to buy something made here. Many complain about the lack of "Made in the USA" stuff, but really, they have quite a bit of items made here in the US. They make me a lot of money!! I am always happy to see them expand. They are the only retailer who were willing to open here and Wal-Mart has a history of serving under developed areas, including both small towns and inner city neighborhoods. Wal-Mart gets a bad rap in other more crunchy areas, but where I live we love them. The Wal-Mart is in Vine City and near the AUC and that area was very much underdeveloped. Just wanted to say, I live on the Westside and we had a Wal-Mart open on MLK last year and we were very excited and welcomed them. In Decatur,people are fighting walmart,everywhere in Atlanta metro people are against Walmart yet when they need medication or household products,they complaint nothing is open at night. The people of Atlanta refuse Walmart in their backward, the one that are allowed,are not permitted to stay open 24hrs (Howell Mill Rd). Most Walmart stores that are open 24/hrs are outside the city of Atlanta and quite far from each other. Walmart has fewer stores in cities than Walgreen and CVS (combined) I'm nightshifter,i was suggesting Walgreen and CVS because sometimes they can be closer than Walmart.
