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I have more experience with Home Depot than with Lowe's, so I can't really say which is better, but I prefer our "local" chain, McLendon Hardware. (Local in quotes because it was bought a year or two back by someone in Tennessee.) After the buyout their employee took a deep nosedive, but it seems to have recovered to where they're somewhat better than HD.

I'm not a fan of boycotts based on other people's personal opinions or spending habits. Though I was raised to boycott nonunion lettuce.

Local hardware, lumber yards, banks, grocers, and so on are gradually becoming things of past here. Our credit union might be mostly considered local. It has branches in 6 or 8 towns within a 40 mile radius of where I live. I guess it just gets harder and harder for single entities to compete.

I'm not a boycotter of this sort either -- i.e., will not shop at so-an-so because the owner supported such-and-such. There are various locations I don't go back to because their service is horrendous, prices are exorbitant, etc., but that's a different matter related to what they do as a business.