Why Big Box Stores Are Doomed, And What Might Replace Them [View all]

I hope I'm around to see it all come full circle.

Worst things about the big box joints for me was the anonymity.

I admit, shopping in parts of Boston was a challenge at first, one little store for dairy, eggs and cheese, another for meats, another for fish, and another for boxed items and staples like flour and sugar. It was also nice, people recognized you by the third visit and sometimes had even introduced you to the store cat, the health department looking the other way because occasional cat hair was cleaner than rat turds. Plus, you didn't feel compelled to do all your shopping in one go since you didn't have to drive and park in an asphalt moonscape to get there and sure as hell didn't want to come back any time soon.

I'll be glad to wave goodbye to the big box stores, not that there are any around me any more, they said they closed down due to high crime but I know they're chasing the bucks in the new neighborhoods in town where everybody needs everything for their new houses.