There was a Home Depot close to my house before I moved here. This region only has Lowes. I much prefer Home Depot (although I did mourn the loss of Hechinger.) One finally opened up about 25 miles from here...they took over the site of a mall that died when Sears and JC Penney went away. I've not set foot in the place, but have bought some stuff online and got free delivery...always arrives within 48 hours.We have a Menards. I think my husband is always at Menards or Home Depot. We use to have a Lowes too, but it closed and moved else where.