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Because they asked the community what it wanted, worked with the powers that be, didn’t accept government incentives, and then refused to hike wages to $5 above minimum wage?

I don’t see this as a reason why I need to pay higher prices to support a bunch of DC denizens that want pay higher than normal. I don’t see any of this that will keep me from buying at Walmart, either.

I don’t see any of this that will keep me from buying at Walmart, either.

here is a sad story... just outside of Hbg PA there was a Catholic Church and school. The parish had a nice sized parcel of property and WM offered to buy it (above market value for the time) and help the parish move the church and school.
Then the local government and a bunch of citizens coalitions stepped in and fought it. WM finally gave up and never built in that local TWP/municipal environs ever.
Mostly I think the twp and "interested" citizens screwed it up to tank the sale cause it was a Catholic school. Good parish, decent school (my daughter attended there, went to PITT and eventually ended up in the NROTC and is still currently serving!)
Local municipalities really for the most part suck in central PA. It is like a bunch of fiefdoms only out for themselves to try to keep things "as they always were".
So they lost all the tax revenue and jobs to keep things the exact ways they remember from 50 years ago. Real Stupid.