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goobster  ·  2973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What happens to a tiny town when Walmart disappears?

Ok. So let's pull back a bit and take a look at this.

This Walmart in particular had employees. It had people driving from miles around to get to it. It had a network of suppliers. It had people who serviced shit... coolers, lights, HVAC, etc.

Now all those people are out of a job, or at least under-employed.

And there is a big, huge, open building sitting unused.

Is it so far-fetched to think of a bunch of locals pooling together, building little "shops" inside the Walmart (think old school Swap Meet), and continuing to provide the services the local community needs, using some of the existing infrastructure Walmart installed?

Yeah... there are a lot of problems with that. But... I mean... what's their other option? Move to Atlanta? Yah. That ain't gonna work.