Around here, like many rural areas, our shopping choices are limited. Walmart has been, for years, about the only affordable place to buy many items. In our county seat, we had K-Mart but they couldn't compete with the Walmart two blocks down the street. We had four grocery stores until Walmart decided to build a super store, vacating the old one. Once news hit that Walmart was leaving one end of the strip, the grocery at the other end closed. We don't need a Super Walmart. We have plenty of grocery stores. This is where Walmart is trying to monopolize the market. They won't be happy until they are the ONLY place to shop! Because of Walmart, that town has three major retail spaces empty (the old store, the grocery and the closed K-Mart) plus the smaller joints like the restaurants and specialty shops that tied themselves to the plaza because Walmart drew a crowd are going to suffer. I have no issue with a fella making a living, as long as his neighbors don't suffer consequences with how he does it. Big picture, Walmart has done some good things, but right here, right now, they are doing more harm than good. I don't have many choices in shopping, but I will avoid Walmart if I can, and I'll never go to the new one.
