A Wintery Walk Through Walmart Town

My family spent Christmas this year in Bentonville, AR, the home of Wal-Mart. We traveled through the year’s worst winter storm to spend the holiday with my Aunt and Uncle at their home just outside of the now bustling town.

Last time I visited, the view from the back of their house yielded open pastures. Now, housing developments have encroached on their rural paradise. You’d think this sign of urbanization a harbinger for the ruin of the small-town feel Bentonville has known for its lifetime, but you’d be wrong.