deltabravo
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If you want to see a Walmart parking lot that turns into a campground, go to the store in Pendleton, OR during the Pendleton Roundup.
8 years ago I was there while picking RVs to haul back to Spokane. People had lawn chairs, patio mats, dog fences and all sorts of paraphernalia strewn about around their rig. It really did look like a campground!
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pianotuna
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About five years ago, a senior, after a ten day stay, was asked to move off one of the Walmart lots in Saskatoon.
He complied but pulled the valve on his black water tank open.
Since then, none of the Walmarts in Saskatchewan allow over night stays.
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Tvov
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JRscooby wrote:
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Well moderators, here comes another left leaning post, to counter some from the right;
Why should only the people that can afford at least 2 homes, one of which has wheels, park for free?
And the idea that homelessness is limited to any one state is crazy.
No need to stereotype people - I am pretty sure that Walmart just wants to keep their property from looking tattered and junky looking.
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JRscooby
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CWilson wrote:
Well moderators, here comes another left leaning post, to counter some from the right;
Not surprising based on reading through some of your past posts. you seem to have an obsession with taking a lot of things in that direction.
Well this is a nod to my observation that as long as all posts are bashing liberal ideas it is fine, but any defense of the same idea is too political.
Quote: Why should only the people that can afford at least 2 homes, one of which has wheels, park for free?
Why not? They probably are dropping a hundred or two on groceries and other items during that stop for a few hours.
Want to bet on how much each group spends at WM? I imagine the fridge and pantry of the people in the lower income brackets will have a higher % of WM labels. Open the closet, even more likely to see mostly products sold Walmart
Quote: And the idea that homelessness is limited to any one state is crazy.
Who said anything even close to that? But since you mentioned it, WA and the other West coast states are solidly in the top 10 when it comes to the number of homeless people as a percentage of population by a long-shot, more than double actually. Of course that does not fit in with your narrative, whatever it is LOL
Well there could be lots of reasons, a major one has nothing to do with politics. Mild weather requires much less energy to survive.
Then there is the cost of counting houseless. I would bet states that send most tax money to federal government would be more willing to pay that cost, compared to states that get more from federal gov.
Then there is the idea a person that is down might prefer a area where more likely to get hand up, instead of kicked down.
The fact you post the deceptive maps implies you want it to be seen in political light. The fact the deceptive maps stay up proves my point; Bash left ideas is not political, but defending them is.
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JaxDad
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Tvov wrote:JRscooby wrote:
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Well moderators, here comes another left leaning post, to counter some from the right;
Why should only the people that can afford at least 2 homes, one of which has wheels, park for free?
And the idea that homelessness is limited to any one state is crazy.
No need to stereotype people - I am pretty sure that Walmart just wants to keep their property from looking tattered and junky looking.
A good friend is in the property management field, specializing in retail space, he says it’s rarely the tenants, Wally-world or other, that prohibit parking, it’s the landlord, the municipality or both that make that move.
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JimBollman
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Never stayed at Walmart a lot but the last time the manager told us to park out by the no parking sign, said it was a town thing that was not enforced. By the way when we do stay at Walmart it is because we are pulling in late and leaving early, no campgrounds or to far away. Last time the campgrounds was 30 miles roundtrip from where we wanted to be the next morning.
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austinjenna
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Quote:By the way when we do stay at Walmart it is because we are pulling in late and leaving early, no campgrounds or to far away. Last time the campgrounds was 30 miles roundtrip from where we wanted to be the next morning.
I think thats what the majority of folks do. The WM's are generally close to the highway so easy pull off to get some sleep, eat in the morning and then head back out.
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Cptnvideo
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austinjenna wrote:Quote:By the way when we do stay at Walmart it is because we are pulling in late and leaving early, no campgrounds or to far away. Last time the campgrounds was 30 miles roundtrip from where we wanted to be the next morning.
I think thats what the majority of folks do. The WM's are generally close to the highway so easy pull off to get some sleep, eat in the morning and then head back out.
I agree. I think the longest we have ever stayed at a WM parking lot was about 16 hours - 5pm to 9am.
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As we are travelers more than campers, we overnight in lots of places that are not thought of as camp grounds.
When we have had the opportunity to ask, of the so many times, I think we have been refused about twice. For us, as many of the places are retail we ask as "when we finish our shopping here, can we spent the night in your lot?" We are seldom refused. I also very specifically remember that once we were refused with that request, we also figured out that the new stop should have what we planned to buy there. That sounds fair - doesn't it.
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Yes, a key phrase is "not enforced". That has been my experience with good results.
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