Thats a shame to hear. I lived in Fayetteville from 2001-2005 whenI worked at the corporate HQ for Wally. It wasnt some bastion of Leftism then but the area was growing really fast thanks to all the suppliers setting up fairly large branch offices there complete with some senior VP to manage the Wally account. Also Wal-Mart itself was growing really fast sucking in people from elsewhere. You could see the once unique corporate culture fading away then. Its probably completely gone now.
That was a long time ago these days. We have seen changes in 3 years up there.