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Originally Posted by megadude
As for Walmart, in small town US you can just stock up on camo gear and nearby Division I college football team gear and that's half your sales. Have to diversify your offerings in Canada.
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Ok, that made me chuckle. They really do love that stuff down there.
I will say though, I visited France a few years ago and during my trip I spent the better part of a week in the Loire Valley. I stayed in Amboise, a town of about 13,000. Up until then I had only visited Paris. And I was surprised by how much Amboise was like a Canadian town of a similar size... I went to a local big-box to stock up on some groceries and I swear the people there looked like they could have been from someplace like Selkirk or Portage la Prairie. The only thing that was missing were Indigenous people.
So for all the stereotypes of "European sophistication", the people in that small town didn't look much different than the small town folks back home.
(I've been to small towns in other European countries and noticed similar situations, but the example in Amboise always stood out in my mind given France's reputation...)