A quick search on the Walmart website shows me that (gasp) there are 16 Walmarts in Oklahoma City. With only 550,000 people living here that is roughly a Walmart for every 34,000. Is this normal? Let's take a random look at some other cities:
Walmart Capital of the World OKC: 16 Walmarts - 1 per 34,000 people
Denver: 2 Walmarts - 1 per 305,000 people
St Louis: 1 Walmart - 1 per 354,000 people
Phoenix: 11 Walmarts - 1 per 145,000
OK, so let's look a little further south:
Houston: 15 Walmarts - 1 per 153,000 people
Atlanta: 4 Walmarts - 1 per 135,000 people
Jacksonville: 11 Walmarts - 1 per 118,000 people
So let's be honest, no other place even comes close to the number of Walmarts that Oklahoma City has. Are the people here ONLY shopping at Walmart? It seems they would have to in order to keep all 16 going strong. The last time I was in a Walmart was when I got drunk and my friend and I went in to make fun of the Miley Cyrus collection. Perhaps one of these days I will get drunk enough to walk in to one of these OKC Walmarts for a future blog. Who knows, I may even walk out with a new Miley Cyrus outfit. Pass the bottle of Jager...
Come on it can't be that bad. Put on your Wranglers, boots, and hat and hop in that rusty old Ford of yours and head to old town to get you some !! Beer that is, Oklahoma gold, fun in a bottle, pain relief in a can. When finished, put that 3.2% can of Coors down and call it a night. Sing along "Alleluia", I have made it through another day !!
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