As I understand it Walmart thrives best in smaller areas where it can drive everyone out of business and establish a stranglehold on the economy. Since its a smaller town, people who have the power to do anything about it don't care. There are Walmarts where I live, but because I live in a large city, they aren't nearly as big, you see Targets a lot more and they don't really have the chance to do what they do.

I've a friend down in Waco who absolutely cannot find a job, and the only place that will really hire is Walmart (which she kinda screwed herself on by walking out on a shift earlier). As I understand it operates under that basic principle and most people have no choice but to work there or starve.