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The Looming End of Payless ShoeSource

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Heh I have about 4 pairs of worn out Chuck's sitting in a closet. Size 13, wonder if there's a market for those

I still wear them, moving them to the garage for lawn mowing shoes, and grabbing a new box. Usually buy them in sets of 3 from Amazon; size 14 in red. In the early 90’s they were $18 and made in USA. Within 1 year they went to $40 and made in China.

Yeah the loss of quality really drives me nuts. I can wear a pair out in months instead of years now.

Re: The Looming End of Payless ShoeSource

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Payless has been my favorite shop for years. I buy shoes that look like leather loafers but as basically as floppy as slippers. This is exactly what I want and need . They are respectable enough to wear in work situations but I can also use them for martial arts or any other physical activity. Basically, they're nearly as good as barefoot, which isn't practical for various reasons. I find it ironic that a lot of folk…

Can you give any links or pic of those shoes?

You may google this:

https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22toe+shoes%22+&ie=utf-8&o...

Re: The Looming End of Payless ShoeSource

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From what I recall being taught it was to get the smaller states on board. These weren't necessarily slave states (e.g. Rhode Island). It's been effective. If presidential elections were just driven by popular vote candidates would only campaign in the top population centers. Entire regions of the country would be ignored.

>If presidential elections were just driven by popular vote candidates would only campaign in the top population centers. Entire regions of the country would be ignored. This is definitely 100% false; this goes against the mathematical population distribution of the United States. The top 100 biggest cities in the United States combined only make up less than 20% of the population. But even if it were true, it's not…

Late reply, but your math about the top population areas doesn't seem right. Are you looking at just city populations? I don't think that's an accurate picture. For example, the population of Boston is around 685,000 but you add in the surrounding suburbs and it's 4.8 million.
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