Our Salvation Army stores are mostly sleazy and dirty. Especially the one here in town, it was so small and narrow you had to walk down the aisles single file. And you just knew the clothes hadn't been cleaned.
I went to one in Ithaca when I was in school, because I wanted a cheap Ithaca mug for my pens. Walked in there and the roof was leaking right onto the tables and the
dirt floor.
Sometimes they vary according to area. Near Madison WI, the St. Vincent dePaul thrift store is clean. It smells like laundry detergent and you can hear the washer/dryer going to clean the donated clothes. I can fill a shopping cart with books there for like $20.
But here in Dayton, the St. Vincent dePaul is a big smelly gymnasium. The homeless sleep in the store at night, which is noble enough, I guess. But it doesn't do great things for the merchandise
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