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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by grecy on Sunday February 07, 2016 @10:26AM (#11053132)
Good old propaganda.

Too bad they won't do a piece on what happens in a small town when Walmart opens. In mine multiple campgrounds and small locally owned small businesses closed down. Not to mention the workforce is all people from out of town now earning a pittance, living on government assistance.

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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by oniMaker on Sunday February 07, 2016 @10:34AM (#11053171)
Many articles have been written by many outlets over the past decade on exactly that topic.

Here's one by The Post, for example: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/wal-...

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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by driverdan on Sunday February 07, 2016 @10:05PM (#11056166)
Why would a Walmart put campgrounds out of business?
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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by mikestew on Sunday February 07, 2016 @11:46PM (#11056381)
You can park your RV overnight for free at the vast majority of them.
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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by bobby_9x on Sunday February 07, 2016 @11:18AM (#11053335)
really? The small shops in my town could barely afford to pay employees minimum wage and their goods were much higher priced.

Walmart gave more people jobs at a better wage and reduced the costs of most goods for everyone.

I looked at their average wages on payscale.com (hard to libk from my phone) and the max for most positions is close to $15/hour. The minimum is above minimum wage.

Almost anyone can do these jobs and they are hardly a ’pittance’.

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Re:What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears by gamblor956 on Sunday February 07, 2016 @12:05PM (#11053593)
I looked at their average wages on payscale.com (hard to libk from my phone) and the max for most positions is close to $15/hour. The minimum is above minimum wage.

That's only been true within the last one or two years as Walmart attempted to avoid further labor-related litigation and unionization efforts. Prior to that, Walmart payed local minimum wage and frequently stiffed workers for time spent checking in and and out shifts.

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