New York City, the place without a Walmart

I've listened to the song "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore" by Carrie Underwood a few times over the past few years. There is a very interesting line in the song:

"You can get anything you want here,
Except a Wal-Mart store"

I took this particular lyric to be an exaggeration, like the hotel having more people than her hometown or what she paid for a meal being the equivalent to a down payment on a house in Oklahoma, although in fairness, I was unsure of the point of the line. I found out recently, however, that the lyric can be taken literally as New York City does not have a single Walmart store (this link is from 2011, but a Google search will confirm that the city does not have one).

Walmart wants to build in New York City, but so far they have been unsuccessful and in the short-term this is unlikely to change. It is surprising that there aren't any Walmart stores in New York City, given that the place is the United States' largest city and home to over 8,000,000 people. It's a fascinating fact, nevertheless!