people won’t have to drive to Alexandria, Arlington and montgomery/PG counties to get the same products at the same price, so maybe a pack of TP sold in DC isn’t sold in VA or in the Safeway on the other side of town but the fact still remains that the company is willing to hire people, stock the stores, sell the stuff with almost 100% helping people in Dc through salary and taxes. The thought that people in Alexandria might be canned because they move less paper goods is theoretical. When they start getting fired because DC residents (most of whom don’t have cars) aren’t buying their paper towels and the locals aren’t making up the difference and the store’s profitability slips just enough to fire that person, I’m sure we’ll find out.
The pie in DC is based on government employment and spending and it has been going up on all levels. The people at Walmart spent many years working on the numbers and didn’t come to the decision to open six stores lightly.
The overall economy might only be “growing” at a glacial pace but around here, it’s moving along at a pretty good clip.
Duh! We know the DC region is a black hole sucking fake Federal Reserve money (such as it is) out of the rest of America. That this accounts for your bizarre prosperity there. The DC motto is "make them fake money, then take it from those outlying idiots"
We know that within the DC region the rest of America are considered idiots to be lied to get re-elected and to pay for affirmative action Federal jobs