Almost ALL the stores on the list are located in forced union states. Only one was in a Right to work state. And they are very blue states. I guess liberalism isn't Lowes friend.

Lowe’s Closes Its 20 Worst Performing Stores. All But One Have Something in Common

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They say people vote with their feet and tend to go where life looks brightest for them. National interstate migration patterns suggest that this is true, and now a Lowe's home improvement store