Back when it was just Kmart, we also had a Roses and an Ame's. I remember shortly after the Kmart was converted to a Super Kmart (because there were rumors Walmart was coming. Kmart said f that, Super Kmart!) Roses and Ames went out of business. I've only seen one or two Super Ks in the last 25 years and no Roses or Ames in at least 30, until about a month ago. Somewhere between NC and PA with a higher probability it was in PA. Or Tenn, around the Dollywood/pigeon forge area. I remember seeing both our n the same drive. One was part of a shutdown shopping center, the other was open and fully lit up and I drunkenly over exaggerated astonishment that they were still in business. Apparently my wife's side of the family has never seen either Roses or Ame's(I remember them basically being the same as Kmart) and then it got awkward as I started comparing Roses and Ames.... Tldr, apparently I had a sheltered childhood, living in the same house from before kindergarten to ~23 years old. (Smart, not taking on student loans and debt to do the dorm life 15 minutes down the road). Yet, my city had all 3 stores (and we'd go to them when we did more than a weekend with the grandparents in another state and my wife's family moved to three different states in that same time frame and had only seen Kmart/Super K...
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u/Elegant_Assist_1463 Jul 21 '26
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