so I want to take a trip. but I do NOT want to go to anywhere in the world that has been taken over by Walmart’s and whatnot…

I went to Mexico the last time, was driving around… bam… giant Walmart. why… why does everything need to look the same, sell the same junk.

is there a list of cities, countries that are still… good that haven’t been visually infected with corporate American trash stores?

  • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.caOP
    3·
    4 days ago

    I assumed Walmart/big box stores infected everything. Europe appears safe for the most part.

    got some planning to do now, didn’t even think about the EU

    • Tuukka R@piefed.eeEnglish
      7·
      4 days ago

      Is “big box store” the same thing as a hypermarket?

      I mean, Carrefour and Tesco are basically everywhere in Europe. Germany has Kaufland. Finland and Estonia have Prisma, The three Baltic countries have Maxima XXX.

      But I do not know if Walmart is really something similar to those or not. At least there are no idiotic greeters over in European hypermarkets, as I’ve heard Walmart does! :)

      • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Walmart hasn’t had their greeters actually greet anyone in 20 years. They just stand there. Sometimes they ask to check your reciept when you leave, but you are free to ignore them and keep walking.

      • azimir@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 days ago

        The Kaufland I’ve been in have nothing on a mid sized US WalMart when it comes to chaos, stupid shit, and nutty humans. I haven’t been to a hypercenter thing outside of town (no car to drive, so why bother?), but the in-city grocery stores in Germany are great.