Originally Posted by Rochard

The example I am using from is from my hometown here.

Our downtown area is really small, and was already dead before WalMart moved in. When the Rainbow Market closed, it took out the other three businesses in the small shopping center it anchored including a Taco Bell and a pizza place. The sandwich shops are still in place, as are the few smaller stores.

We were all pissed when we found out that Wal Mart was coming to our town. (It's a Wal Mart "Neighborhood Grocery" store really.) We thought Wal Mart would kill our downtown area, when it's done the direct opposite - it's given people a reason to shop downtown, because no one visited the old Rainbow Market.