I Found A City That Walmart Hasn't Destroyed Yet 

you must drink a lot of coffee and red bulls doing all that driving?

Gotta love Mappy and Karen. Your videos are always great.

Nick Johnson go to Newport Arkansas and check out their police tactics!!! PLEASE!!

Just recently moved to North West Arkansas from Southern Arkansas and I didn't get 10k lol

I like tom selleks man buns in short shorts like ya know we all do and Rick and TC's bun shorts

Yes sir

Sam Walton was a nice guy. He took the time to talk to his customers. When I was 6 he saw me looking at the Return of the Jedi action figures and asked me "what do you think about our toy department son?" I said "It's the best because you have all the Star Wars toys" and then he said something to the employee he was with about keeping the inventory well stocked. I thought at the time he just owned that Walmart I was visiting. Then about a year later I saw his picture behind the customer service desk with the words "our founder" at the bottom and I realized who he was. There was no Internet in 1985 so it's not as if I could search Sam Walton results.

No it wasn't because this is a republican state not a 💩run democratic state!!😂😂 pretty simple simp

@Matt Golden but where are the alternative choices? I will agree that Walmart could open its own production facilities here on American soil, if Arkansas governor would tax the foreign products for the revenue lost when jobs are lost.Every state in the Union should do this. If the citizens must pay tax, why mot these companies dumping their sorry junk on US citizens at top price? Death to Satan's new world order!

It would benefit the country until Walmart was driven out of business by other big box retailers continuing to import cheap products.

Wal-Mart better get busy and pay off majority of City Council…..

I'm guessing, they have a lot of "run" down buildings and hardly any jerbs available; I remember a town more over where I was at, they were banning all big box stores, but the town itself was a "poop" hole city, where there isnt many jobs, their " conservative politicians" were too busy focusing on their own brand of "socialism"/communism; I can't tell what our conservatives politicians stance is, they are either religious bigoted "fascist" , than all of a sudden, they become socialists when to big business's.. THese old boomers are soo dumb that run our cities and states; I hate my welfare state. They seem to forget that these "big" box business's pay a large sale of "taxes" to t heir state to improve their cities vs small business's which are outdated with min wage/low wages. THe wage argument is silly, cause small business's tend to pay "nepotism" low wages, or neopet low wages I call it, which hhere, thats what they do.. WHile walmart, pay way above lol. ITs why small business sucks, cause they fail to innovate or pay higher wages, thats the reason.

Berryville is right next to Eureka Springs and it has a Walmart, so everybody comes to shop in Bville. Eureka Springs with its historic downtown gets plenty of revenue from tourists, they don't need a WM for that.

That's silly considering they're headquarters are so close

Eureka Springs is an old resort town in the mountains. It used to be a hangout for rich people in the early 20th century to soak in the spring waters. It is a very liberal town compared to most of Arkansas. Eureka Springs is like a miniature San Francisco in the middle of the Ozarks without the homeless problem. It's very picturesque mountain town with a lot of money, hippies, and artists. You'll see rainbow flags all over the place in Eureka Springs. Once you visit there you'll understand why and how the locals were able to resist the all powerful Walmart.

Romania doesn't. My area Walmart closed 7 years ago in Welch WV

They close when it’s so bad they can’t make money

@@GARGONDIZZA1 North Vegas had one where shoplifting was more than sales so they closed. Thanks Obama.

I know of a couple of larger towns that won't let Walmart in. One won't allow any type of large chain business in. Of course Walmart has built right outside of those towns. They're kind of nice places to go shopping, still find unique things.

Portland doesn’t have them, anymore

It is. Nashville is a perfect example of that.

Yup. If ur gonna move to Texas due to the policies you voted for then leave those beliefs/ideas behind. As it’s what got your state in the predicament it’s now in

Your attitude is exactly why I was unjustly kidnapped and beat up by cops for being a displaced Californian. Just fyi people from other states moved to California and displaced us first, and then we had to go rehome ourselves elsewhere. This is a global issue, gentrification. Stop blaming this shit on Californians just looking for a decent quality of life after Arkansas and the rest of the south etc. has probably been sending us their traumatized addicts for decades now. Blame the drug companies and the corporate entities who destroyed everyone’s lives. Individuals looking to find peace and safety and affordability are not the enemy, it’s the exploiters who profit off this stuff. So please get your facts straight if your gonna spew this stranger danger narrative. Everywhere is ruined and it has everything to do with bigotry, exploitation, elitism and capitalism. Wake UP.

@@TennesseeZ exactly what I was thinking….I grew up in Nashville…people always ruin everything

Sometimes a lot of people are just fling the mass immigration from outside of the country. Western states are being overrun.

Until they don't.

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Walmart is my favorite store 😍 🤗

I’m sure they miss you so much lol

Same...3 local walmarts..all trashy----

Hi Lauren

That Walmart is in an area called Pinnacle, which is a rich man's playground.

Back in 1960, the population of Bentonville was around 4,000. By the time I had made my first foray into the town around 1968 or so, the population had grown to around 7,000. There were two main ways to get to Bentonville from Rogers back then-- US Highway 71, and Arkansas Highway 102. Traffic was sparse on both roads, but especially on 102, which was a lazy 2-lane country road running through mostly farmland. Now, both roads are 4- or 5-lanes that are choked with traffic.

80% californians... eventually it will make sense to just move to california again

Had to leave my hometown, Austin, for the same reason. Growth needs to become a bad word/idea, don't care about its positives when its negatives seem to greatly outweigh them in the long run.

The whole area is overcrowded for the capacity of the infrastructure. Driveways in and out of businesses aren’t finished. There’s construction all over. Far too many people for what they can accommodate without crazy traffic jams. No one knows how to drive. And an overall weird mix of executives, trendy types, and redneck bros.

@@dk-qr5xt literally. there's so many homeless on the side of the road in Fayetteville now. It wasn't like this 10 years ago.

I’d like to go there on vacation someday.

I wouldn’t vacation there but it’s worth stopping at if I’m on a road trip and close

NWA is not depressed nor like NE Mississippi. People have to change the way it is where they live.

expecting "government" (people that point guns demanding payment for services) to improve the lives of anybody or anything is like expecting money to grow on trees... 😵‍💫 governments are good at destroying things with bombs and bullets and poisons...

Northwest Arkansas is the location of Wal-Mart world headquarters. There are thousands of high paid jobs for Wal-Mart corporate workers (unlike store workers) and thousand more representatives of Wal-Mart suppliers in a location known as "vendorville".

More people the quality of life will go down. Crime traffic inflation will follow 😢

@@PioneerCity1767 you misread

Saying no to employment? Oh other things go along with it, we can't have that. 😮

🎉I know about Marshall, AR I have lived in many different places around Arkansas and around the country. I was there for a little while. The main reason they didn't want Walmart to come there was because of HARPS. They would have been better off with a Walmart store there. Instead of people driving over to Clinton to pay cheaper prices for groceries at the supercenter all of that money could have stayed right there in Marshall. And it would have created more employment for the locals. There basically are no jobs in Marshall other than retail ,very few fast food jobs, and the biggest employer there is the highland court nursing and rehab center or you are forced to drive to the nearby lumber mills in St. Joe. The residents and city officials of Marshall screwed themselves over by not allowing Walmart to come in.

I lived in Harrison also.

I drove through Harrison visiting my girlfriend / ex-fiancé who lives in NWA

@@user-pf3mi7np1y Amen to that! Interestingly enough, Bentonville, Springdale and other small towns in NW Arkansas manage to coexist with Walmart and have even thrived in the area. Many people choose to shop at Harps over Walmart. I grew up in the Marshall area and they would have been better off if they had allowed the area to grow instead of stifling any kind of change. Other industries tried to come in there as well and were turned down. After NAFTA the shirt factory closed and that was a big blow to Marshall as well.

I remember when it was a mom-and-pop shop located on West Walnut St. between 7th and 8th streets in Rogers. My mom bought the Beatles' first US 45 record there for 29 cents.

​@@mikenekosama4426less than three whole dimes. Nice!

That’s part of the reason I often think about the greeters before they started acting part of Sam’s Club

I would love to visit the area as somewhere from my town in virginia moved and loved it. Any suggestions or what to check out.

Bentonville..another world yes with many rainbows. I would prefer being in the Ozarks over Rogers. It's more peaceful. I'm in Arkansas too.

I refer to NWA as "fake Arkansas" for a reason (I'm in Bentonville)

@@Ben-bb7miI refer to it as best Arkansas and the only region of the state I would live in. But then again, I was born in Pine Bluff and spent half my childhood in South Arkansas.

Tyson and JB Hunt too.

Many Mammals are interested in coming to Arkansas including me 🦊

Lemme guess you want to move there to disrupt it.

That’s why they should fence it in

Please pray they don’t screw it up. I left and want to come back south as WA state is no longer wonderful to live. Beautiful terrain, crappy politics!

It really won’t.

Lol 👌

My bad google reviews are not deleted

True. Oklahoma City is only about 3.5 hours away and Kansas City is about 4 hours away.

Reminds me of the neighborhoods I grew up back in the 40's and 50's where we kept things clean, knew our neighbors, and worked hard to own what we had.

The 50's were indeed fabulous. America and humanity in general has been in a steady decline ever since.

​@@donguess4332 Fabulous for white people...

Unfortunately, a large segment of society doesn’t know how or care to keep things nice

@@donguess4332 My Generation The Happy Day Babyboomers

Try Florida - my first trip to one there let me know where a lot of those videos came from lol.

@@oldtop4682 I live in Florida. My local Walmart is awesome.

@@johnbartholf777 Not really banging on Florida - Walmart in NC is also an interesting people watching trip lol.

The further north you go, generally the more civilized the population.

Just to be clear, Nick was talking specifically about the homes in downtown Bentonville. There are plenty of far more affordable homes outside of downtown.

Haha most of them are just fine Matt. The only thing that drew my attention to the whole review fiasco was this place was just really struggling. Have a good summer up there!

I had to smile at the hotel rating report. I like to visit and vacation in NWA. I used to travel a lot with my job before I retired. I learned to deduct a star from any hotel rating in that area. If it rates 4 stars there, it’s a 3 or 2 star other places. That area has changed so much since my first visit. I live in Mississippi and I’m still considering relocating there to live out my days. I don’t think it will go to ruin before my mortality ends. 🙏🏽

Employees

People are lazy and wont walk

There is no retail bc of the elephant in the "room". Only restaurants & services.

@@kendallsmith1458 Agreed. In the 1960s and 1970s (and before), downtown Rogers was a vibrant shopping area, but it began to decline in either the late '70s or early '80s, and the long-established shops like Stroud's (clothing store) and Western Auto began to lose out to Walmart.

Same!!! And with these big companies recruiting minorities to come work for them for low salaries - it makes it extremely difficult for families to thrive.

Ok ken! Maybe next time!

I agree but the people in this place are far less snobby and far less rich than Irvine

@@NickJohnson Then give it time!! 🤔🤠

What city in Louisiana are you from?

FedEx started in Little Rock and moved to Memphis.

Yes I too am from Louisiana and you are exactly right smh Louisiana is chemical pool 😢

@@arthurgearheard4701 Baton Rouge

Yeah I remember when Bobby Jindal used to give all those tax breaks to companies, then those same companies would take off and relocate to another state, after about five years of not paying taxes in Louisiana. I guess it's still going on. And my family and childhood friends, have the nerves to wonder why I won't move back there.

Depressing but somewhat good for the economy.

Already the case, ive seen 3/3s less than 3k sqft on 1/4 lots selling 1.1 - 1.3 million

If that was true hundred million dollar condos in New York would affect condo prices in Detroit, oh wait they don't.

I bought my house in Jan 2021 for 169k. The market price listing is 330k the last time I checked, about 6 months ago. I have an entire acre backyard in the middle of town. I would never sell, but there are times I wish I had a smaller place

Nah ur too late it happened

It’s happening across the South. Texas has been seeing this problem for a long time. OKC and Tulsa are having a really big problem with it as well as cities in Tennessee, Birmingham, Alabama, the Carolinas, and Georgia. It’s a plague that’s taken over the ENTIRE region. The Californians move in the second an area starts to take off, pushing out locals price wise.

AK is Alaska, sweetie. AR is Arkansas… Both places have guns everywhere tho’😅

It is there.

Wait till liberals start move there with their woke stupidity

OKC and surrounding areas have been a boom town for a long time. They've been cleaning it up for the last 20 years. I don't know if I'd consider it entirely safe though. Still some really bad parts I'm sure.

You live in Choctaw. That is a rural suburb of OKC. OKC is not a rural community. And OKC itself has been booming for quite a while now and just keeps getting bigger. As far as restaurants go in OKC, many people believe there are actually too many restaurants. They’re everywhere. OKC just opened up Ramsay’s Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay. Shopping is booming too. They’re building more infrastructure to keep up with the insane demand. I think you’re thinking more in terms of Choctaw specifically when you mention restaurants and shopping. Especially rural. That may be Choctaw. Not OKC.

This trip is a damn roller coaster Chuck

That’s specifically downtown Bentonville. There are plenty of far more affordable neighborhoods in the region outside of that three square miles.

Hahahaaaa, 100% thrue

Like they’re the only ones

Paul! I can remember my Mom always saying, Put your boots hat and gloves in the car when you go out... in case you get stranded..I see these city kids in Ada 49301, wearing next to nothing in the winter, house shoes, PJ's and a light shirt, they jump in the car and take off! Now you know how well they'll do if they have a roadside emergency. There have been cases of these young kids expiring on the road when they get stranded in bad weather. That happened to a 17 yr.old girl this past winter after she put her car in the ditch.

It's Zombie land

It’s really a you problem if you demand some sort of professionalism from anyone at a walmart.

Yes there are homeless people here as well.

Don't move here.

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@@kendallowens8566 Why, because of over-crowding or because my family and I are conservatives?

@@planojag595 Conservatives are fine its the liberals voting for political anarchy we dont want

I wish I had stopped there

You're not kidding about the horrible rush hour traffic.

They did to keep the smaller mom and pop shops in business. NYers prefer to support the local businesses.

Allllll day

Ok!

I've done that a lot it's so boring

Maybe!

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The wealth drops off the farther you go from the urbanized areas of Benton and Washington counties. Eastern Benton County, for example, is like a different world from Rogers and Bentonville.

Why didn't the Clintons retire in Arkansas - it's where they were from? I think they live in like The Hamptons, NY.

@@metalmike570Bill is from Hope and Hillary is not an Arkansan. I’m sure they prefer to be closer to the rest of the vampires.

@@dylantech Haha right, I'm sure they met in college, probably some Ivy league type. A pair of Lawyers, many presidents were attorneys in the past.

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@@NickJohnson Hey, Good morning to you Sir and to anyone who may see this, have a fab day. Peace ✌ Love 💞

He should do another review

Very true! Not just Mexicans by any means. Although yes, we butcher your chicken and build your houses - you're welcome - it has gotten so diverse! A lot of Hispanics, Asians, and Indians that Walmart has brought in.

Where'd you go Patsy?