< Look, wouldn't Walmart and West Virginia go hand in hand??? Maybe my perceptions of West Virginia is way off but dang I figured it was already full of Walmart stores. >
Yes we are. Bring 'em on. I love watching the greenies lose.
BTW, If your perception of us is "lower income" then you are correct. But Walmarts are big and numerous everywhere they go, not just WV.
I live in a similar rural kind of area. (it's more of a state of mind KWIM) That's the nice way to put it ;) Anyway, several years ago the city I live in was supposed to build this new huge regional mall. They purchased land and I thought cool, lots of new places to shop. Well I moved away and did not keep up with the progress of the mall. I move back and instead of a new huge mall it was a Super Walmart. We now have four in about a ten mile radius. The mall still sucks.
The thing that will do Walmart in is the fact that their stores are huge and with the aging of the population many of the older folks will go to smaller sized stores. Can you imagine all the boomers on scooters in a few years?
BTW, If your perception of us is "lower income" then you are correct. But Walmarts are big and numerous everywhere they go, not just WV.
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And lower cost of living as compared to bigger cities and/or other areas of the country.