> Literally 95% of the US shops at Walmart, so... you might be in a very small bubble
Possibly. But your statistic tells me nothing about the foot traffic in a Walmart. 95% shop at Walmart, of that cohort how many shop there regularly? How many shop there for occasional purchases vs treating it as their primary store for staple items? On a random sample of days, how representative of that 95% is the foot traffic you’ll find there?
Personally I share OPs view of Walmarts, I don’t go in them because they make me feel bad about the world. I don’t get that feeling other places.
> On a random sample of days, how representative of that 95% is the foot traffic you’ll find there?
Very, since the more likely someone is to be a regular shopper there, the more likely you are to run into them on any given visit. That is simply an artifact of statistics.
> Personally I share OPs view of Walmarts, I don’t go in them because they make me feel bad about the world. I don’t get that feeling other places.
Do you get that feeling at the DMV? Maybe at the doctor's office or pharmacy? You are bumping into a true cross-section of the US population. Take note of the feelings you get and why, and understand that this is what the US is, not just what you see in the bubble
Walmart is rarely the Only option. Where there is a Walmart, 90% of the time there is a Kroger (or Kroger Brand) Store, or Mejier (if in the Midwest), or some other store close by...
A solid chunk of the US population lives in a food desert. They're lucky to even have a Walmart within driving distance. You've clearly never had to walk a few miles on highway to reach the nearest grocery store. I can tell you from experience it's not particularly fun.
I am not reading a 600 page, 15 year old report of out dated info, however a search of the report shows zero references to "1 in 6 Americans " nor "next meal"
So if you have a source to back that actual claim I would be happy to look at it, and likely refute why it is cherry picking data
>>A solid chunk of the US population lives in a food desert.
Food Deserts are a political term, largely attributed to urban not rural area's and ever every study you find talking about Food Deserts I can find at least 1 if not more refuting that actual data.
Literally 95% of the US shops at Walmart, so... you might be in a very small bubble