I've never been in a bad Wal-Mart, like so many people say their local Wal-Mart is. The only ones I have ever been in have been clean, well-lighted, and I've never seen any of the customers dressed oddly or outlandishly. I have no idea where those people shop, but it's not in the Wal-Marts I go to.
I've never understood the bashing that Wal-Mart gets from some people here.
My daughter worked 9 years in the accounting dept. of our local Wal-Mart, and was recently promoted to zone supervisor. There are people there who have worked 20+ years, I'm sure they wouldn't stay if it was "so bad" to work there, like some people think.
Maybe some people don't mind spending more for everything, and go to Target or another dept. store but personally I like saving money on everything I buy, so I choose to shop at Wal-Mart.