&gt;<i>If Walmart vanished, almost no one in town would miss it because everyone complains about how high the prices are compared to local stores, and how little there is on store shelves; and what local stores can&#x27;t sell us, we&#x27;d just order online.</i><p>That might be the impression you get from your circles (and it&#x27;s also unfashionable to be known to shop at Walmart at certain  circles as well).<p>But it&#x27;s not necessarily the actual dependency status of the whole 8&#x2F;15K people on having that Walmart.