I'd agree with you. Still, I wouldn't want to set a precedent allowing WalMart to steamroller communities just because this one's probably elitist. There seem to be two kinds of WalMart stories, a minority that's like this one, as much NIMBY snobbishness as genuine concern for the community; and a majority that's about a small town whose central business district is wiped out by WalMart and the mom-n-pop stores get stomped flat. It's the latter I want to protect. The first few pages of the 11,000,000 Google hits were heavy with stories like that. That's worrisome.
I've lived too much in cities the last few years, and I eventually want to retire to a small town or the country near a small town. I'd like there to still be small towns, with real local businesses and an actual downtown full of people, when I get there. I'm afeared that if WalMart has its way, all I'll find is a ghost town down the road a piece from a square mile of asphalt parking.
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"without doubt elitist"