&gt; Can you imagine not having anywhere to buy food and having to drive 3 hours just to get it?<p>But why wouldn&#x27;t smaller stores open again now walmart is gone?<p>Edit: Say what you want about them being mom &amp; pop stores that somehow cant start up again, if it takes 3 hours to drive to a shop and back there is a market opportunity. People will pay more for groceries when it doesn&#x27;t involve a 6 hour round trip. I thought the idea of Americas great free market is that this void would be filled?