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References & Further Reading
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https://notjustbikes.com/references/bigbox.txt
Strong Towns
https://strongtowns.org
@strongtowns
Urban3
Big box stores are costing our cities far more than we ever imagined
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/11/3/big-box-stores-are-costing-our-cities-far-more-than-we-ever-imagined
Big Box Urbanism
https://www.newgeography.com/content/004887-big-box-urbanism
The Walmart Effect
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/
Old Penny’s Building, Asheville – John Warner
McAllen Library
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/7/15/the-mcallen-main-library-a-model-for-big-box-retrofit-or-not
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/about/newmain
Abandoned Walmart photos (CC BY 2.0 or Public Domain)
By Kirjtc2 at English Wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Liftarn using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11911811
By Brave New Films from United States – Hamilton County, Tennessee abandoned store Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628471
By Brave New Films from United States – Abandoned La Junta Wal-Mart, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628260
By Brave New Films from United States – Laramie, WY Formerly store #142Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628808
By Brave New Films from United States – former Wal-Mart store #395, abandoned 1/05Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628011
By Brave New Films – originally posted to Flickr as IMG_0858, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8250486
By Allison Chase from Pontiac, Michigan, USA – Old Wal-Mart Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628221
By Brave New Films from United States – Beaver Dam, Wisconsin abandoned Wal-Mart Uploaded by xnatedawgx, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7628301
By Brave New Films – originally posted to Flickr as IMG_0860, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8250420
Walmart Chants
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Script by Nicole Conlan and Jason Slaughter
