The thing is, Leftists WANT Walmarts to close, wherever possible, since they often fought tooth-and-nail back when Walmart was opening new stores, especially in the cities. They simply DESPISE the idea of their voters having the freedom to shop where they please.
...so expect more openings.
“...so expect more openings.”
Did you mean “closings”?????
I remember when the city of Inglewood in SoCal - (black area) defeated a Walmart - the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton flew in to help defeat it (at the behest of local unions, etc.). The area was already a “food desert” - and for good reason.
That store would have created 1,000 jobs along with peripheral businesses, which were already in the process of being contracted, there was LOTS of interest.
Walmart also upgraded a local park with plans for more as a condition of moving into the area.
Walmart was defeated - the next day I heard the mayor on Larry Elder’s show - he was so angry he could hardly speak. Said it will remain a great inconvenience for residence to shop for food, all the grocery stores had closed after the Rodney King riots.
My guess is it the store HAD been built, it would now be on that map of store closures. It’s legal (misdemeanor but security and cops won’t go after them), after all, in California, to steal up to $950 a day in merchandise from retail businesses.
But the Walton family today are all Leftists! Go figure! Sam Walton is surely spinning in his grave.