Big Box Stores’ Other Shoe Drops
Lowe’s is a parasite that is killing its host
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5 min readAug 25, 2021
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Since the start of this century, small- and mid-sized towns have courted big box stores, using tax revenues to fund expensive road, sewer, and electric expansions to lure large corporate chains to town.
These companies promised jobs and tax revenues, and, technically speaking, they delivered both, but only…