Wal-Mart an improvement

To the editor:

Re: "Report calls for limits on big box rag retailers," May 8.

I find it rather amusing that anyone who shops on Fraser Street would feel Wal-Mart was going to lower those stores' businesses. I think the trees, the tables and sandwich boards do more to lower business. If you can get by these stores or what I call "stalls," you are darn lucky; if you have a walker or stroller, you almost end up out on the road. It would be great to have parking at Wal-Mart and racks of quality clothing to browse through.

Give me a Wal-Mart any day over the filthy blocks along Fraser Street. No amount of money will change the way businesses on Fraser keep their stores or sidewalks.

Diane E. Meehan,
Vancouver

posted on 05/18/2005