But here where I now live, in Westchester County, NY, the bookstores are few in number and all lack the charm of my former hometown.

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Full disclosure: I live in Bentonville but not originally from here and not a WMT employee.

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But here's the case: I live not far from the arena.

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It's hard to say how you would react until you live through such a tragedy, but as I talked to residents here, I kept thinking that I probably would want to get away from this place -- from the haunting images of destruction.

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