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What Happens When Walmart Dumps You

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The first knock on the retail giant was that it gutted the mom-and-pop businesses of small-town America. So what happens to those towns when it decides to leave?

Joel Kotkin

Published Mar. 13 2016 12:01AM EST

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Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin

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