Topic: Travel
Stories and places I've been
Why No Walmarts in Gaspesie?
Posted in Personal Miscellany
on August 8th, 2010 by
Stephen DeGrace
Topics:
Travel
Mathieu and I recently did a complete circuit around the Gaspésie region of Québec for our vacation (see the photo gallery). As you can see, even with my less-than-professional photography, Gaspésie is a beautiful region and I highly recommend it. I have one question, though, and I'm still not convinced I have a good answer: why no Walmarts? I'm not saying that I'm sad about not seeing any Walmarts, just puzzled, because the population base seems to be there, compared to regions of New Brunswick with similar population levels which sport several Walmarts, and sucking the life out of little towns serving rural hinterlands like that is basically Walmart's modus operandi.