**** The downtown area was 100% blighted with most of the buildings boarded up. A vast majority of the mom and pop family businesses were gone.***
Can’t blame that on Walmart! They were only had about four stores in Arkansas at that time. ;-)
Now, what happened to destroy E st Louis?
“Now, what happened to destroy E st Louis?”
Because I am not plitically correct I will tell you. White flight! But of course everyone on this thread already knew what had happened. Guess I must be a racist.