Found this nugget in a local news story.
First, some background: Allegany County is very rural; there are no cities in the county, and Wellsville (population about 7000) is the biggest town. The nearest Wal-Mart or other Big Box-type store is in Olean, about 30 miles away. There was discussion about putting a Wal-Mart on a piece of property, and then came this:
http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/news/20160811/no-wal-mart-in-wellsville/?Start=1“They said they were no longer going to have their project. They were going to kill it. I said, ‘What’s going on? Why?’ They said, ‘Well, they’re not building any more stores in New York state.’ I said, ‘Was it something we did, something we can do? Anything we can do to keep it?’ They said, ‘No, they’re just not going to build any more stores in New York state ...”
