"Mike 'Flyin'8'" wrote in message
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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.

That was precisely my original point when I stated that the idea that Wal
Mart drives out small businesses is a fallacy.


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-Mike-