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Portland is too good for Walmart. Getting rid of Walmart is by design.

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Nice.

deddog said:

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Portland will subsidize homeless and illegals to "shop" at WholeFoods

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That is not sarcasm.

BigRobSA said:

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"We can't figure out why there is a food desert in our neighborhood."

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Did you not bother to read Wall Street Apes tweet ??!! It is 100% the fault of systemic white supremacy.

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You're killing me!!!

I never had "Escape from Portland" on my bingo card 30 years ago.

rocky the dog said:

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You're killing me!!!

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I've got a great role model, Rocky!

I visited Portland once. In 1998. To interview with Intel.

Now Intel also has gone to hell.

BTKAG97 said:

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Portland is too good for Walmart. Getting rid of Walmart is by design.

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Love me some satire.

Portland is a ****hole.

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BigRobSA said:

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"We can't figure out why there is a food desert in our neighborhood."

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Did you not bother to read Wall Street Apes tweet ??!! It is 100% the fault of systemic white supremacy.

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They were probably quoting TexAgs

aggiehawg said:

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I remember when the small Walmart in Hearne was closed due to employee and customer theft. At that point, it was the first one ever to close. Of course by that time all of the Mom and Pop stores there had closed because they couldn't compete on the prices.

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I used to laugh at Hearne for this story then I had a client there and got to know some of the local business community. After some time I came to it's a source of pride. I really didn't get the sense anyone was embarrassed by it.

Isn't this from 2023?

LOYAL AG said:

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aggiehawg said:

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I remember when the small Walmart in Hearne was closed due to employee and customer theft. At that point, it was the first one ever to close. Of course by that time all of the Mom and Pop stores there had closed because they couldn't compete on the prices.

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I used to laugh at Hearne for this story then I had a client there and got to know some of the local business community. After some time I came to it's a source of pride. I really didn't get the sense anyone was embarrassed by it.

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How about the community members don't commit theft and the free market determines where people want to shop? People should be extremely embarrassed by their community if a major business and employer has to close because people can't quit pilfering.

ts5641 said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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aggiehawg said:

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I remember when the small Walmart in Hearne was closed due to employee and customer theft. At that point, it was the first one ever to close. Of course by that time all of the Mom and Pop stores there had closed because they couldn't compete on the prices.

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I used to laugh at Hearne for this story then I had a client there and got to know some of the local business community. After some time I came to it's a source of pride. I really didn't get the sense anyone was embarrassed by it.

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How about the community members don't commit theft and the free market determines where people want to shop? People should be extremely embarrassed by their community if a major business and employer has to close because people can't quit pilfering.

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Kind of what I thought. Just telling you that 30 years later from my very anecdotal experience they don't see it that way. Wal Mart decimated plenty of small towns and Hearne was one of them. In their case Hearne returned the favor. Not justifying anything.

Howdy Dammit said:

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Isn't this from 2023?

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"Walmart announced the closure of its last two Portland, Oregon stores in March 2026
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aggiehawg said:

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I remember when the small Walmart in Hearne was closed due to employee and customer theft. At that point, it was the first one ever to close. Of course by that time all of the Mom and Pop stores there had closed because they couldn't compete on the prices.

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The one in Robstown met a similar demise. More went out the back than out the front.

One of the cops I golf with said they should change the name to "Thievestown".

B-1 83 said:

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One of the cops I golf with said they should change the name to "Thievestown".

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Robstown is pretty sketchy. We fly out of the airport there and driving through parts of that town reminds me of Mexico...and not the tourist part.

Gotta give it to Wal-Mart. I mean, at least they tried. A blind man could have seen this coming, but still, they tried.

We moved to Young County about 12 years ago. I went to the Walmart in Graham to pick up a prescription and said I would pay for it with the groceries. They said I had to pay at the pharmacy, and I asked why. They said they did an audit, and they lost $30.000 in one month to theft. They found receipts and the bags they place the prescriptions in all over the store. I understand most, if not all, Walmarts now have that policy, but at that time the one we used in Highland Village did not.

I just got back from a 5-year stint in Oregon and the only time I ever spent in Portland was either for work or to pick someone up at the airport. When there for work, I was appalled at the homeless community and their complete DGAF attitude. I stayed at the Hyatt across the street from the convention center and actually saw people taking dumps on the sidewalk (multiple times) and also dumping out trash cans to look for food and bottles/cans to return for the $0.10 deposit as well as dumping out cigarette bins to look for smokable butts.

The "fentanyl lean" was a common sight any time of day as well. I lived in Eugene and it wasn't terribly better. Pretty much everything that could be locked up at the Walmart was locked up. I felt like I had a personal shopper one day went I had to have someone escort me around so I could get underwear, a flea collar for the dog, and something from the sporting goods department all out of locked cabinets.

My first and only time in Portland was in 2008 before it all went to ***** It was a really cool town back then when their leftism was quirkier and eclectic and less militant and autocratic.

I did offend a beggar who was the most well-dressed beggar I've ever seen. He was wearing luxury name brand clothing and accosted me outside of a drug store and asked me for $5. $5!!! I was a bit incredulous by the whole exchange and laughed at him and walked on. He yelled something at me I don't recall.

YouBet said:

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My first and only time in Portland was in 2008 before it all went to ***** It was a really cool town back then when their leftism was quirkier and eclectic and less militant and autocratic.

I did offend a beggar who was the most well-dressed beggar I've ever seen. He was wearing luxury name brand clothing and accosted me outside of a drug store and asked me for $5. $5!!! I was a bit incredulous by the whole exchange and laughed at him and walked on. He yelled something at me I don't recall.

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Sounds like Austin before it went from "weird" to cluster-eff Woketopia.

Sucks that places that are a little "off," but in a fun way go to crap thanks to the radical-left.

Soon these cities will be ruled by the Fent Zombies

LOYAL AG said:

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aggiehawg said:

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I remember when the small Walmart in Hearne was closed due to employee and customer theft. At that point, it was the first one ever to close. Of course by that time all of the Mom and Pop stores there had closed because they couldn't compete on the prices.

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I used to laugh at Hearne for this story then I had a client there and got to know some of the local business community. After some time I came to it's a source of pride. I really didn't get the sense anyone was embarrassed by it.

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How about the community members don't commit theft and the free market determines where people want to shop? People should be extremely embarrassed by their community if a major business and employer has to close because people can't quit pilfering.

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Kind of what I thought. Just telling you that 30 years later from my very anecdotal experience they don't see it that way. Wal Mart decimated plenty of small towns and Hearne was one of them. In their case Hearne returned the favor. Not justifying anything.

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So now Hearne residents drive to the WalMart in Bryan. Not only is Hearne losing the theft opportunity, they are losing sales tax too.

Is Ty Clevenger still blogging about Booger County?