Wal-Mart Question: How many Wal-marts are within 20mi from your home?

[LynneSin]

Nine

Nine fricking Wal-Marts within a 20mile radius of my home. I mean geez, that seems a little high if you ask me. Why should I have to worry that there isn't a place for cheap, sub-sidized junk sold by people who need a job and are willing to put up with the Wal-Mart abuses just to get a paycheck in this difficult job market.

In fact, if I double that radius there are TWENTY Wal-marts near my home.


Now, in that same 20 mile radius there are only 3 Target stores (and I will drive the extra miles to shop at a Target) and three K-Marts. Oh, and in that 20 mile radius with 9 stores I know of at least one more that is being built AND Wal-mart is trying to build one next to some sensitive wetlands in south Jersey that would also be in that twenty mile radius.

This sprawl is ridiculous and does Wal-Mart realize that building more stores will NOT get them more customers because more people are like me who refuse to shop at Wal-Mart even if one was built right next to my home!

[Roland99]

1. 15...but that includes grocery-only, too.

[flobee1]

4. 6 from Wheeling WV

I included a distrabution center also

[northofdenali]

2. One.

The next closest is in Wasilla, about 300 miles from here :)

[LynneSin]

5. You're in Alaska - you have bigger issues to worry about than Wal-mart

Like Dick Cheney coming up there with his own personal Backhoe to clear away the Refuge!

[northofdenali]

49. Dicky-poo on a backhoe?

:rofl:

I may not be able to sleep tonight!!

[LynneSin]

66. Yeah, that pretty picture in your sig line....

he's gonna sprawl all over it with his backhoe - just you wait and see

Actually, it's not a laughing matter but sprawl is such a big issue here in Delaware because there is very little free space left so the last thing we need is another fricking Delaware. Must be nice to live in a state with such open spaces!

[northofdenali]

71. Lynne, I have lots of relatives in Maryland & Delaware -

They have the same complaint. My mom was born in Dover in 1917, and grew up on a farm in Chesapeake City. My brother was born (1958) in Elkton.

I haven't visited since 1989, but even then the sprawl in both states was shocking. I was still expecting corn fields, horse farms, roadside produce stands and pigging out on blue crabs.

Even Rehoboth wasn't the same, despite my aunt's cottage there.

Fairbanks has started its sprawl - we now have a Wal Mart, PetCo, Old Navy, Lowes, Home Depot, and even a Chili's restaurant.

I still shop at our home-town stores, including the hardware stores and such, even if they are more expensive. I'll put off a project before spending it on those who are ruining our scenic views and lowering the standard of living.

BTW, what did you think of Wal Mart deciding to dump their "day old" food and not give it to local food banks? Typical, hmmm? "Let 'em starve in the cold". Big Oil is "let 'em freeze in the dark".

[medeak]

13. ditto

nearest town is 300 miles away..

[izzie]

76. How come their is not one in Fairbanks?

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[northofdenali]

77. We do have only one.

It isn't, yet, a "superstore" but locals in the know say it will be expanding into one soon.

I've been in it once, because my daughter-in-law works her 2nd job there, and has no home phone. I needed to confirm a holiday dinner.

There is little I can't get elsewhere from locals or statewide businesses, except groceries.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. We have 1 and a new one that's suppose to be going up just south of town.

:( Now give me 50 a mile radius and we probably have 5.

[onehandle]

6. 18. The closest is 9 miles away.

How is this possible? I live in blue, blue Atlanta. The Walmarts are in the red, red suburbs.

[flvegan]

7. According to walmart.com, 20 stores w/in 20 miles.

I live in Tampa, btw.

[cali]

8. None

Make that 50 miles and there are two.

[LynneSin]

11. You shouldn't have posted that

because someone from Wal-mart is probably reading this right now and realizing that someone out there can drive more than 5 miles without passing a Wal-Mart. You'll probably have 10 by the end of the year :cry:

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. None, but we do have 1 40 min away on one side and 2 + a Sam's 40

min away in the other direction.

[cally]

57. None, but we do have a few within 40 miles

I doubt Walmart would get permits here.

[DeadManInc]

10. I have 4 within 20 miles.

I won't shop at any of them either. Scab Mart can kiss my ass.

[China_cat]

12. 10 with another one going up just outside the 20 mile radius

8 current and the one building are superstores.

[POAS]

14. I have 10 within 20 but add 1 mile and it jumps to 13

[Beaverhausen]

15. 9 within 20 miles, but the closest is almost 10 miles away thank god

I hate Wal Mart.

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. One

It's about 18 miles from here.

There's another one about 30 miles away. Those are the only two I'm aware of.

I feel pretty lucky in this respect.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. 1 within 20mi, 3 within 30mi

[Canuckistanian]

18. One. Exactly 20 miles away from me.

Which is the way I like it. Our little town (pop. 9,000) turned Walmart away.

Another small town near us got the Walmart, but the town has been hit hard with cutbacks and layoffs.
So, Walmart went there.

Want to know if your town is dying? Look for the new Walmart building site.

[LynneSin]

21. You know - that's so true

Our Wal-Mart opened in the same spot where a K-Mart closed because business was weak in that area. Ironically these are next to a Saturn/GM plant where layoffs have been bad the past couple of years. Makes you wonder how many ex-GM employees are now at that store

:cry:

[Citizen Jane]

19. 13 and 2 Sam's

I refuse to shop there. Period. I am grateful my small city did not annex the parcel that WM owns about 1 mile from my house. I helped campaign against it.

Unfortunately, they still own the land if the County plays the right footsie, we'll get stuck with them any way.

I use two of the 7 or so Targets instead. The closest is still about 20 minutes away.

I keep praying that the proposed Costco (sp?) near me will get built.

[TomInTib]

20. None - Marin County,CA. We won't let them in.

There is one 21 miles away in Oakland.
But who goes to Oakland?
Not me.

[madmom]

22. 5 within 50 miles and they're planning one right here.

edited to add costco is trying to come in within about 40-50 miles.

[Obamarama]

23. Four (four too many) plus a Sam's Club.

[Occulus]

52. Four where???

I know of the one on Shaver, and the one on Gull, and I know where Sam's is.

Where are the other two???

[WI_DEM]

24. I believe it's three

Two in Madison (well, three if you include Sam's Club) and one in Sun Prairie--a suburb. Heck, it could be more.

[hlthe2b]

25. 19 --I just went to their website to find out : Central Denver

Oh my! I only knew of one and I only knew of it because it is a "superstore" in a new stip mall next door to a hotel where I attended a conference last week.

Interesting question, though. I've not set foot inside a Walmart in 8 years or more. But, I was pressed into stopping in by some of the fellow conference goers and I figured I may as well look for my favorite brand of contact lens solution that I've been having a hard time finding. Well, I don't know if my impressions are consistent with anything, but I just felt such an oppressive feeling in that store, I couldn't wait to get out.

It was new, clean, well stocked, and big, but for my 2 bottles of contact lens solution, I waited in line almost an hour! (My friend had several items and was determined to buy them). People didn't smile and the check out person just had that zomby attitude. I felt like I was constantly under surveillance and expected any minute for some burly security guy to come hassle me out of boredome--or someone else among the "chattle."

I was nice and tried to say something pleasant to the girl at the checkout, but I may as well have kicked her. She just kept up her routine, like an automaton, ignoring anything but the never changing routine. As I looked around and realized that everyone HAD to wait because they felt they couldn't afford to go elsewhere to shop, the whole WalMart lie became crystal clear. Just as Bush has bamboozled so many about the Repugs protecting their safety and exploiting their fears, Walmart has effectively exploited the demoralization of those too tired to do more than just survive. I'm sorry for those who waste their money on poor quality goods that must be quickly and repeatedly replaced. I'm sorry for those who work there and feel they have no choice. I'm extremely sorry for those exploited garment workers overseas whose dignity has been sacrificed on the altar of WalMart.

As for me....Never again....

[Debi]

26. 3 - and you know what's weird?

One of them is about to be abandoned because they're building a bigger one RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET!

Only one K-Mart and only one Target (and a Target Distribution Center that brought over 100 semi-decent paying jobs into the community)




On edit - if you go out 40 miles there are 5 (sheesh - I live in Iowa - how many do we need?)

Oh, and one Sam's club too..

[sandnsea]

27. none

We have a Fred Meyer and a Dollar Store though. Fred Meyer is union, I don't know about the Dollar Store. Small town and there isn't much within 60 miles of me and for the most part, I like it just fine.

[fishwax]

36. I like your sig quote

I've never heard that Paine quote before, but it's a good one :thumbsup:

[MasonJar]

28. Too many, if any.

[malachibk]

29. 7, Brooklyn NY

BUT none in the city yet. Although there was a poll released today that 51% of NYCers (INCLUDING NEARLY HALF OF UNION HOMES the guy on NY1 added) support the company opening a store here.

[Loge23]

40. Yikes! Not Brooklyn!

Brooklyn used to be filled with the greatest assortment of Mom&Pop's.
The awful proliferation of Wal-Sprawl will kill that off.
NY'ers ought to drive 'em off.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

30. There are only three

in Tallahassee. One is within 20 minutes.

That's a LOT of Walmarts. NINE????

[greiner3]

31. 10 plus a distribution center;

With hundreds of trucks that clog my suburban city streets, tears them up, and only give $9/hr pay. It's not worth it. Wallymart sucks.

[napi21]

32. 2 and each is about 15 miles in opposite directions.

It doesn't matter though. I never shop there.

[4freethinking]

33. Within a 10 mile radius

4 that I know of. I live in the LA area.

[MrSlayer]

34. 20 of them within 20 miles of my house.

I never shop there though.

[clbuck]

35. 6 in the Portland/Vancouver area

I live in Milwaukie; right now there's a Landfill-Mart (excuse me, Walmart! :P) about 3 miles east of my house, and they're thinking of building one just north of Milwaukie, but there's quite a lot of opposition, so far. :)

[fishwax]

37. Four, and I'm happy to have never spent a dime in any of them

I moved to this town last July, and haven't spent any money in the evil empire since then. The fact that it's possible is one of the things I really like about living here.

My old locale in central Oklahoma had 11+ within 20 miles, and it was fairly difficult to get by without giving into walmart now and then.

[SofaKingLiberal]

38. 17 - Orlando, Fl n/t

[Dorian Gray]

39. Zero...

I live in NYC, and there are none here. They planned one in Queens, though I think that it ended up being a no go.

[yankeedem]

45. You're looking in the wrong direction

Because lurking just 3 miles from the Lincoln Tunnel is the Walmart/Sam's Club superstore in Secaucus NJ. Ick.

[kineneb]

41. one

about 10 miles from here, but it is the only one in a county of approx. 65,000. Next closest blight is at least an hour drive away. We also have a Kmart. That is it for large retail, unless you count Longs and Rite Aid (one each). The locals are trying to stop MallWart from building a super center and closing its existing store. That would kill the local grocery stores.

[BuyingThyme]

42. 1

[LSK]

43. considering i live in suburban Chicago - probably a dozen at least

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

44. I Have 8 Within 20 Miles Of Me In North Jersey.

The one I go to is only about 2 miles away, with the second closest maybe 3 miles away.

[DainBramaged]

46. 20 within 31.52 miles for Death-Mart, 6 Targets in appx. 35 mi.

And I only shop in one Target. Wal-Mart, destroying the economy one town at a time.

[truth2power]

47. 3 here. And 1 Sams that I know of.

[Scout1071]

48. I have 20 within 20.95 miles of my home.

Nearest one being 1 mile.

And that doesn't include the Wal-Mart "Neighborhood Grocery Stores" and the Sam's Clubs.

[sbj405]

50. Eight

And there's a new one coming.

[rucky]

51. 5 and a Sam's - mostly rural area

[SPKrazy]

53. 5 Supercenters, 1 Neighborhood Market, 1 Old style Wal Mart

And more are planned.

[Thor_MN]

54. 16 within 21 miles...

[cindyw]

55. 0! They wouldn't even let a Target in. 1 Kmart though.

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. 20

http://www.walmart.com/cservice/ca_storefinder_results.gsp?sfsearch_zip=66202&serviceName=ALL&sfatt=ALL&rx_title=&rx_dest=%2Findex.gsp&%23.x=18&%23.y=10&%23=Find

[WLKjr]

58. 3

[kwyjibo]

59. 9

And I haven't been to any of them in several years.

[Reverend_Smitty]

60. There are literally 2 within 2 miles of each other

They built one about 3 years ago and then I was driving down that same road...just about 2 miles north I noticed another one. I thought for sure there was an exhaust leak in my car and I was hallucinating, because surely there is no reason for Wal-Marts to be that close.

Right now I can think of 5 Wal-Marts close to me, but I have no idea how many are within 20 miles, but I'm guessing a bunch

[SheilaT]

61. Don't know and don't care.

I NEVER go to Wal-Mart.

[Atman]

62. Several, plus Sam's. But we have a "good" WM and a "bad" WM

Sorry to say it that way, but that's how they're referred to. I live in a pretty lilly-white suburb of Hartford. On one edge of town we have a "bad" Wal Mart, which is filthy, poorly merchandised, cramped aisles, over-crowded all the time, horrible personnel, and mostly lower income customers. As a result, there are more anti-theft devices, guards, etc. More like a giant Dollar Store in the inner city.

But across the proverbial tracks, in a "nice" section of town (I hope I don't run out of euphamisms) there is a squeaky-clean, department-store style Wal Mart, complete with nice garden center, etc. Modern, clean, bright. It would be a pleasure to shop there, if it weren't a Wal Mart.

The two are basically at opposite ends of a three mile stretch of road. And Sam's is a mile from the nicer WM, on the same road. There are many others in the area.

5 within 10 miles.

11 within 20 miles.

20 within 50 miles.

WM Store Finder

[PaganPreacher]

63. Zero.

But, I have two WalMart Super Centers, one Sam's Club, and two WalMarts within 40 miles of my house.

I maket about 75% of my groceries and liquor store purchases from a military installation about 30 minutes away. WalMart and Sam's Club have some things cheaper than the Commissary, so I split the shopping between them to make my dollar go the farthest. I save enough that I can get good wines and Scotches from a top-drawer liquor store, on occasion.

The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[deadparrot]

64. One. nt

[Darkhawk32]

65. 6 plus 1 Sam's Club n/t

[Rainscents]

67. 3 here... Washington State Snohomish county.

I hate them!!!

[ekelly]

68. 20 within 16 miles n/t

[Kire]

69. 3 and a Sam's Club

I thought that was a lot.

No K'marts or Targets.

[U4ikLefty]

70. I've got 22 within 20 miles.

Damn it...I'm surrounded!!!

[bleedingheart]

72. At least 5 that i can think of...

and that is 5 too many.

[kid a]

73. 2 but im in Mnntana

[Swamp Rat]

74. 10, 8 of which are supercenters

Incredible. Thousands of people lost their homes when Wal-Mart rigged city council elections and built yet another supercenter in New Orleans. The majority of the citizens voted against it, but Wal-Mart replaced our city council and changed the law. They were then able to tear down historic buildings and evict thousands of poor blacks, some of whom have died as a result.

Stupid assholes shop at Wal-Mart.

[izzie]

75. I am sure of 3 but some others may be that near

They are every place. These are all small cities around me but they all have one.