Maybe it is unfair to single out Wal-Mart.
Big companies are always targets since they do big things and their names are common currency.
But Wal-Mart serves as an excellent example of the problem, since aesthetic or environmental concerns are not on their radar screen. Just look at the one on Cortez Boulevard. The location of the proposed Spring Hill Wal-Mart could be a fascinating example of contrasts. Look to the east on the other side of U.S. 19. There we have the granddaddy of all malls in the county with not only a frontage road, but also an attractive stand of trees going the full length of the mall plus buildings north to Spring Hill Drive.