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Growing up, the nearest Walmart launched about 17 miles south of the town I lived in, and we slowly saw a drop in stores locally. Then the interstate was completed about 5 miles west of our town, then all the "tourist" traffic bypassed our town.

There is basically nothing left of my little hometown anymore.

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In my case the interstate was put in 30 miles north of town before I was born. In the 1960s the town had been an active town due to being near the intersection of two major state roads, and actually had three large motel complexes at that intersection. But the interstate put them out of business.

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