Okay, let me tell you about this whole Sears Alabama thing I looked into recently.
It started kinda randomly. I was cleaning out the garage, found an old Craftsman wrench, you know, the good old ones. Made me think about Sears. Used to be the place, right? Especially down South. I remembered there being quite a few in Alabama back in the day.
So, I got curious. Fired up the computer, just wanted to see what was left. Typed in “Sears Alabama”. Didn’t expect much, honestly. We all know how things went.
What I Found (or Didn’t)
Well, the search results popped up. Mostly news articles about closures, bankruptcy stuff. Sad, really. Then I saw some listings for Sears Hometown stores. Not the big mall anchors I remembered, but smaller places. Seems like that’s mostly what’s left, if anything.
I tried looking for specific locations I remembered visiting as a kid, maybe with my folks. Like the one near where my aunt used to live in Mobile. Searched for that address area.
- Checked the old mall location online.
- Looked at satellite views.
- Scanned recent directories.
Nothing. The big store? Gone. Replaced by something else entirely, looked like one of those big fitness centers and maybe some other shops. It felt weirdly final. Like seeing an old photo where someone’s been completely cut out.
Made Me Think, Though
Seeing that empty space where Sears used to be hit me kinda strange. It wasn’t just about the store. It reminded me of my first real job, actually. Not at Sears, but a similar big, old company. A place you thought would always be there, solid as a rock.
I worked at this printing place for years, right out of school. Learned a lot. Knew everyone. Felt like family, you know? Then one Monday, we came in, and bam. Doors locked. Little note taped to the glass. Chapter 7. Done. Just like that. No warning, no severance to speak of. Nothing.
That was a rough time. Really rough. Scrambling to find work, pay bills. Felt like the floor just dropped out. You build your life around something you think is stable, and then it just vanishes. Took me a while to get back on my feet, find something new. Ended up in a totally different field, which worked out okay in the end, but man, that feeling of sudden loss… it sticks with you.
So yeah, looking up Sears in Alabama, seeing those closed stores and empty lots… it just brought that feeling back. It’s more than just a store closing. It’s about how fast things change, how things we count on can just disappear. Makes you appreciate what you have right now, I guess. Just another reminder that nothing stays the same forever, not even the big names like Sears down in Alabama.
