FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: NO MORE VARIETY, OR CHOICE IN SHOPPING, GREAT STORES HAVE BIT THE DUST!

WHEN I MOVED BACK TO SAINT JOHN NB IN 2000, THERE WAS A LOT MORE VARIETY THAN NOW IN PLACES TO SHOP! THERE WAS BARGAIN HAROLD RIGHT IN THE LANCASTER MALL, BEEN GONE FOR A DECADE AND A HALF, IT BECAME BLOCK BUSTER AND NOW JUNGLE JIM'S RESTAURANT! BACK THEN THERE WAS ZELLERS AND IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO WALMART YOU HAD THAT. THERE WAS SEARS, THERE WAS BARGAIN GIANT IN SUSSEX, BI WAY, THE BARGAIN SHOP! I COULD GO ON AND ON. THE BOTTOM LINE IS , IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A DEPT. STORE ON OUR SIDE , THE WEST SIDE OF SAINT JOHN NB, YOU ONLY HAVE WALMART. YOU EMPTY YOUR TANK OF GAS GOING EAST TO GO TO OTHER STORES AND PAY $100. TO REFILL AGAIN BUT YOU WON'T FIND THE VARIETY THERE ONCE WAS. I AM ANGRY AND SADDENDED THAT A LOT OF THESE STORES ARE GONE. BARGAIN SHOP HAD SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN TOWN AND HAD FANTASTIC PRICES , FOR A SMALL STORE HAD A LOT OF STUFF! GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! THE FUTURE LOOKS PRETTY BLEAK FOR COMPETITION , ENOUGH FOR COMPETETIVE PRICES! I HOPE MAYBE ANOTHER DEPT. STORE CHAIN COMES TO CANADA AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BIT MORE VARIETY IN OUR SHOPPING CHOICES AGAIN!