I just can't believe you're surprised! Don't you live in Arkansas?
lol.
I was in the land of no-walmart last summer (Vermont). In Brattleboro, there's a bridge that crosses the river into New Hampshire, and right after the bridge, there's a Walmart that can't be seen from Vermont. I didn't know it was there for the first few days, but naturally, being from Arkansas, I had a reason to go in and I did.
Instantly, I encountered people with no teeth, wearing wife-beater shirts, and the woman was braless. I don't know if Walmart imports these folks in from my neck of the woods, or that bridge is some kind of time-warp portal and New Hampshire is really in the South. I went from Birkenstocks and LL Bean to redneck in 2 minutes.
Karen