> Typical rural areas didn't have any jobs to begin with. Now they do. Those rural areas had jobs before Walmart came into town. It's not like people lived wit

> Typical rural areas didn't have any jobs to begin with. Now they do. Those rural areas had jobs before Walmart came into town. It's not like people lived without dishes or lawn mowers before Walmart was here. Demand was met with small businesses, and profits were almost always kept in the local economy. With Walmart, those profits are extracted out of the area, causing an economic drain on the area.