Some guy who has a LOT of spare time on his hands, and really hates Wal-Mart, made this animated map showing the spread of Wal-Mart stores across America. When I’m watching it, I’m not gonna lie, I get a chill in my bones. When this kind of thing happens in movies, they usually have to make a decision to blow up the nation.
The scary part is, this clearly does not reflect all the stores, because most of the Northeast is empty through at least 2007. He obviously missed a lot – because I know first hand that Virginia DEFINITELY caught the disease long ago. And try not to mess yourself when this “flurry” of dots happens at the very end. According to the map-maker, this indicates stores that have yet to open. (Oh, and push the little red “minus” sign, to see Hawaii and Alaska.)
