"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:56:01 -0600, "Ms P" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>> We're in the city, but not the "inner" city. Most of our friends are
>>> in the suburbs and we shop when we visit. So gas is not really an
>>> issue. I know one family who lives out in "ruralville." They've got
>>> one store locally. For more choice they need to drive about 25 miles.
>>> That would suck.
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>>To get any choice other than the two I already have I'd have to drive 100
>>miles west to a much smaller town that has a Safeway. Going east I think
>>it
>>would probably have to be around 200 miles to find a store other than the
>>two choices I already have.
>>
>>Ms P
>
> Good Lard!!! I hope you really like living where you do. I'm a city
> peoples. I'd die living that far from things.
>
> Lou

Basically you don't miss what you've never had. I grew up in this area.
When you grow up here you're just used to not having things or driving 2 to
4 hours to somewhere.

It's just short of 4 hours to the nearest "city" from here. It's perfectly
normal for people here to get up, drive to the city, have lunch, shop all
afternoon, have supper and drive home all in the same day. You leave at 8am
and are home by 10 or 11 pm.

You will not get any sympathy from anyone out here when you whine about
driving a whole 25 miles to something. There are people out here that live
more than 50 miles one way to the nearest Walmart.

We used to have 3 choices of grocery stores. Now we have Walmart and
Dillon's. Dillon's is owned by Kroger.

But I can still feed the two of us on less than 80 bucks a week shopping at
Dillon's for the majority of my groceries. There is very little food that I
buy at Walmart. The things I buy there are generally non food but Target
beats their price on most paper goods now so even the non food I buy at
Walmart is getting less all the time.

Ms P