Target ain’t got cammo Jockey shorts. Ain’t no damn way in hootin’ holler I spend one red cent is some store what don’t carry cammo drawers.
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I guess I’m just too stupid and got whooshed. I have been in both and thought they were about the same, unless you mean Super Wal Mart with a supermarket in it. The Target I went to (we are too socio-isolated to have a local Target) didn’t have a supermarket in it.
Sorry, but I’m not a browser. I’m half browser on my mom’s side. When I go into ANY store, I go buy what I need and get the hell out. I haven’t ever taken notes on the hairstyles or wardrobe of the shoppers in either Target or Wal Mart.
Duke: We’re tough and we’re Texan, with necks good and red.
Oopps, that was Elton John. We all know rednecks don’t listen to Elton John.
I will tell you that a lot of blue-collar guys here will not shop at Target. They have heard a rumor that Target donates money to the gun control lobby. (disclaimer: I searched snopes and can’t find any reference to this rumor.)
Around here, I’ve noticed that the people in my community who prefer Walmart are very concerned about price. Walmart generally sets their prices so that everything is a few cents cheaper than the Target across the street. However, you spend more time looking for the stuff, since the aisles are crowded and labyrinthine. If you are really concerned about price, though, that might not matter so much.
I would guess that, to many Walmart shoppers, Target’s “designerness” is seen as an extravagance, whereas, to Target shoppers, it’s seen as a bargain…sure, a merely functional item would be cheaper, but this better-looking item is cheaper than the better-looking items in department stores.
Unlike Audrey Levins, I only shop at Walmart for certain items Target doesn’t have…like sugar-free hard candy, craft supplies, and emergency shopping after 10 p.m. (Walmart is open 24 hours, Target is not). If I spend too much time in Walmart, my latent claustrophobia starts to nag at me.
Count me as another person who simply doesn’t see that much difference, in either the merchandise or the clientele, between Targets and Wal-Marts that are geographically close.
When I lived in Houston (which had a bunch of both), you could look at the ones in some parts of the city - and both the Target and the Wal-Mart were messy, crowded, and aging. And in other parts - both the Target and the Wal-Mart were spiffy and sparkling.
And now I’m living in New England, and both of them are smaller, more crowded, and carry less, but are still pretty similar.
Come to think of it, I’ve been to Kansas City (which elmwood lists as his “Location”), and I don’t recall having seen the clientele difference there, either. On the other hand, if you compare Wyandotte county to, say, Overland Park, you get a difference - but by location, not so much as by store.
