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Is there a dirtier, more cluttered, and less customer focused than the K Mart on Finley and Roosevelt? I went on the torture routine that is school shopping and was disgusted by this place. Sears Holdings stock would go up on the news of this store's closing.

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I totally agree...I've felt like I needed a shower after my rare visits there. My mother loves their Martha Stewart stuff and wants to drag me there whenever she visits. This is clearly an abandoned Kmart...some out on the east coast in particular are actually quite nice. The one my mom frequents recently installed a wireless cafe where presumably bored husbands can hang out while their wives peruse the goods.

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I agree. I can name at least 5 big name chain stores on that stretch of Roosevelt Road that equal the dreariness and -- quite honestly -- the filth of that KMart.

I'm not sure how these stores stay in business. I assume it's low prices -- low, low, low -- and that the drabness, dreariness, and filth are a necessary part of the deal.

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HEY, I used to work at a KMart.

The one on Roosevelt does not even come close to the one in Montgomery, IL, just south of Aurora. I was in there once and 2 "gentleman" were shooting me gang signs and following me throughout the store. I had a Miami Hurricanes jackete on. I thought I was going to be killed. about 2 months later, they found a kid in the fox river with 14 bullet holes in his back. He was wearing a Miami Hurricane jacket. Needless to say, my jacket was sold at the next garage sale. Kmarts are the most disgusting stores I have ever been in. The one I used to work at is unreal now. They took out all the front windows because people just broke in through them. The place is scary. They should all be closed.

Martha Stewart stuff was just Kmart brand crap with a Martha stamp on it back in the day.

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HEY, I used to work at a KMart.

The one on Roosevelt does not even come close to the one in Montgomery, IL, just south of Aurora. I was in there once and 2 "gentleman" were shooting me gang signs and following me throughout the store. I had a Miami Hurricanes jackete on. I thought I was going to be killed. about 2 months later, they found a kid in the fox river with 14 bullet holes in his back. He was wearing a Miami Hurricane jacket. Needless to say, my jacket was sold at the next garage sale. Kmarts are the most disgusting stores I have ever been in. The one I used to work at is unreal now. They took out all the front windows because people just broke in through them. The place is scary. They should all be closed.

Martha Stewart stuff was just Kmart brand crap with a Martha stamp on it back in the day.

Let's see...worked at Kmart, wears Miami University apparel and has garage sales.....yep definitely a Sox fan.

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At least he didn't say

K Mart WOO!

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Indeed there are worse places.

Wal Mart--any wal-mart that has opened to the public.

Had the same back to school shopping experience. The relevant aisles look like a trailer park after a tornado. We couldn't find two of the required supplies at the other locations we stopped.

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Wal-Mart ain't that bad. Get there early on Sunday morning. Cheaper than hell...and the general population is still in bed.

Yes...you can go to Target where it is cleaner and the cashiers are usually attractive white girls...but it's further away and more expensive.

For those of us that don't do a lot of international traveling, going to Wal-Mart is the closest thing to shopping in a local market...without the haggling.

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Take this how you will: I've heard Wal Mart is the number one purchaser of Chinese products....

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Unfortunately, try and live without anything made in China and see how long you last. Wal Mart is still my choice for paper goods and household cleaning products.

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Take this how you will: I've heard Wal Mart is the number one purchaser of Chinese products....

I would hazard a guess that Wal Mart is the number one purchaser of USA products too. And Tawian, and Hong Kong, and Mexico, and India, and Bangladesh, etc. etc.

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Well, that may be true!

And I know I can't avoid everything made in China but with all the recalls lately, I have to admit, I'm looking a little more closely....

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Well, that may be true!

And I know I can't avoid everything made in China but with all the recalls lately, I have to admit, I'm looking a little more closely....

Atlantic Monthly article

for those who love to read.

You'll have to look pretty hard for "made in the usa" on most manufactured products now. That's not going to change; we've already got an immigration problem to deal with the scarcity of Americans who want to do that sort of work.

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Wal-Mart ain't that bad. Get there early on Sunday morning. Cheaper than hell...and the general population is still in bed.

Yes...you can go to Target where it is cleaner and the cashiers are usually attractive white girls...but it's further away and more expensive.

we've all got our tolerance levels. For those who are even more adventurous, there's even better deals, with more cheap oversees junk at DealZ on Geneva/schmale. Closer too for those on the North end.

they also have coconut milk with pulp for $1. yum

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