What are you shopping for? Do you prefer to shop local when you are looking to buy something? Say you are shopping for a mortgage and live in Chandler, Arizona. Are you going to try to find a Chandler Arizona mortgage company or are you going to go with a national provider?

More and more, many people are trying hard to shop local and support local business. No matter what you are shopping for, people know that if they don't support local business, it will end up going away. So whether you are shopping for a new pair of shoes, local car insurance, grocery items or even your local hometown eatery - more people are encouraging you to shop local whenever possible.

What if you don't shop local?

Well, it isn't like you are going to get in trouble or anything. You may even save a few cents on an item that you wanted to purchase -- but in the end, if everyone decides that they don't care about their local businesses... well, expect many local establishments to just "not be around" and the face of America to change forever.