I never experienced Wal Mart before moving to Utah (none were in my area in Los Angeles or in NYC). The newest and closest grocery store to my home is an upscale looking Wal Mart that's been open about two years. They built and tailored the store to the requests of the local city council and it's the nicest, cleanest store for miles around. Their fresh meat, bakery, produce and vegetables rival or best anything I've found in other local markets and I do about 90% of my grocery shopping there. I've seen some typical Wal Martians there but I've seen them at Guitar Center and the local mall, too. I get and appreciate the jokes about Wal Mart but I think they're probably as overblown as most stereotypes are.