Whether it&#x27;s popular to admit or not, this is the thinking behind why a lot of people I know--including myself--shop at Target instead of Wal-Mart.  I&#x27;m from the U.S. South; my hometown has a Target and a Wal-Mart facing each other across a canyon of two parking lots and a six-lane street.  The difference is stark, from the merchandise to the cleanliness of the store to the customer base.<p>Wal-Mart <i>can</i> do as well or better than Target.  There&#x27;s a &quot;flagship&quot; Wal-Mart on the Dallas North Tollway in Plano (Texas) that is everything a Target can be and more.  It&#x27;s even open 24 hours, like seemingly every other Wal-Mart in the region.  (That was a little bit of culture shock when I moved to Puget Sound.  The Wal-Marts in the top-left corner of the map used to be open 24 hours but stopped in early 2015 for some reason.)