On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:12:15 -0800, Mike 'Flyin'8'
wrote:

-It is a fact that Wal Mart moved into Bixby.

Gotcha.

-It is a fact that shortly there after, a large number of the small
privately owned retailers (Mom and Pop shops if you will) located in
and near the town closed up shop and ceased to operate as a business
entity.

Because their customers chose, of thier own free will, to shop
somewhere else. The mom & pop stores closed because they couldn't
compete. Competition is the cornerstone of capitalism.


You are correct. But that was not th OP's comment either.


-It is a fact, that less than 5 years after opening, Wal Mart pulled
up stakes and left.

Likely because they weren't making a profit. Are you saying that the
mom & pop stores can't re-open now that they can compete again?

Same as above.

Mike Alexander
PP-ASEL
Temecula, CA
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