When I lived close to a Borders--the last time was 2002--all their branches in my area (Northern Virginia) had a vastly better selection than B&N, especially when it came to non-fiction. I like a lot of niche stuff where history is concerned, for instance, and they generally had the more specialized works I was looking for.

But the last few times I've been in that area and hit a Borders, that was no longer the case. It's amazing to me that they can keep the same amount of shelf space and yet have fewer books...or at least it seems that way with the vastly reduced selection. About the only advantage Borders has over B&N for me now is that Borders carries the Loeb Classical Library...but those are easy enough to get online, too.