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?
But they are much less prominent in Germany than in USA!
And typically Mediterranean people prefer buying their groceries in small corner shops that usually have some vegetables on shelves on the street in front of the shop.
This is a common view in Portugal and southern Italy. And to a reasonable extent in France as well. In Spain not so much, though!
yeees, I want to buy from someone, not something. It drives community which feels nonexistent
That is so true. There is a surreal feel of knowing where your money is going. I love buying at the market here in Malawi than in these slightly more formal shops. The till attendants do greet but yeah they lack the enthusiasm of a vendor selling their merchandise.