http://madronoranch.com/?p=2161 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://madronoranch.com/?p=2161#comment-499 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:24:50 +0000 http://madronoranch.com/?p=2161#comment-499 Loved the article, especially after talking to you in person about the trip. The Smithville in me knows the hardships small-town merchants have experienced. Although on a trip to Vermont, we saw a state where there is very little commercialism. There are no Walmarts, Targets, McDonalds , etc., and it is very rustic. However, they have a huge problem. Vermont cannot keep its young people in Vermont because there are few job opportunities for them in the state. I don’t know what the answer is but Sam Walton has turned the business world in small towns upside down.

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