It used to be that I was a Home Depot fan. I'm not really sure what happened, but there came a time when I decided that Lowe's was more my speed.
Maybe it was just that I got old and didn't like driving the extra little ways down the street. Maybe it's just the extra layer of dust and grime that seems to settle on everything at Home Depot. One of our neighbors also started working there recently, and it could also be that the staff at the Home Depot is usually just not interested in taking my money, but in the end, I'm not really sure.
But in the end, this Lowe's seems so much newer, cleaner, and even larger (though I think they are about the same size) as the Home Depot down the street, that I find myself shopping there much more often. Choose whichever works for you - I'm just saying that between this one and the Home Depot, it is pretty clear why Lowe's has been doing so much better of late.