Come to Houston. I'll show you a Wal-Mart just on the edge of the ritziest neighborhood in town that fits my complaint exactly.
Houston Wal-Marts are nasty across the board, which is why I can't speak for Wal-Marts elsewhere - I don't go out of my way looking for dirt.
Houston has an extremely high population density, with 8 million people crammed into the metropolitan area. The highways alone are filthy and terrifying meatgrinders. I saw a fifty-car pileup on 45 on the north side when I was coming back from Missouri one time. And for two years I had to negotiate the 59/610 interchange in morning and evening rush hour traffic. What a nightmare.
You can't do anything in Houston without having fifteen people in your way and being in the way of fifteen others. Moving back to Missouri was like moving back to heaven. I've been back five years and I still thank God every day that I am.
I liked Houston/Sugar Land and I miss it, but the whole freaking town is nasty and noisy and crowded because there are so many people in it, yet you choose to single out Wal-Mart.
Priceless.
I can have the same shopping experience at a mexican flea-market, without the annoyance of seeing lots of double-chinned fatass people in stretch pants.