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cvoogt Donating Member (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-04 03:57 PM
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8. be prepared
It could very well happen. There's a Starbucks in the oldest section of Shanghai ... an elevator in a pagoda in Suzhou, China, and a gazillion McDonalds all over the world. These business thrive on expansion. They will keep expanding even at the expense of community opposition, unless they lose in court. A California town also fought off Walmart.

But they're invading Europe (starting with the UK and then France and Germany). I can't wait till they come to Holland cause I just moved to Amsterdam and am starting to miss my Walmart. Seriously though, Walmarts can be a very good thing (for Cartersville, GA) but who needs it in the middle of old Amsterdam or Paris? This is a trade-off Europeans make for the sake of culture and beauty, because as a result (so far) the electronics stores and grocery stores here are generally tiny and lack a variety of items. I do wish we had Best Buy sometimes!! But not in a warehouse the size of five football fields built on San Marco square in Venice.
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