Vermont was the last state in the US to have a Walmart. The state government and the lefty elites fought to keep Walmart out because they said it would be detrimental to downtowns. I think it was actually because to these elites Walmart's employees and customers are "undesirables".
A Walmart representative was questioned about why they were not willing to locate downtown where people had access to busses and the bike path. The representative responded that he could not imagine anyone buying a 64 pack of toilet paper and then riding home on his bike. The place cracked up!
I left Vermont right as Wal-Mart's last push for the Williston store began. I was kinda hoping it wouldn't fly, but if there's a market for it, so be it. I figured if people really didn't want it there, they would drive it out of business by not shopping there!
I don't know if it was a direct casualty, but I noticed on a visit a couple years ago that the Woolworth's in downtown Burlington closed. Something about the "five & dime" mystique and the lunch counter I found very comforting in an Americana way.