Walmart allows people to sleep in their car overnight

[renard_ruse]

I never knew this before:

http://themorningfresh.com/2012/06/29/a-guide-to-car-camping-in-walmart-parking-lots/

I love sleeping in my car. I'll have to give it a try. It beats shelling out $50 plus tax for Motel 6.

 

[fgarvb1]

I never knew this before:

http://themorningfresh.com/2012/06/29/a-guide-to-car-camping-in-walmart-parking-lots/

I love sleeping in my car. I'll have to give it a try. It beats shelling out $50 plus tax for Motel 6.

Considering the crime rate in Walmart parking lots that is not a good ideal.

 

[Adre]

This explains a lot.

 

[renard_ruse]

One lot lodger's testimonial:

Niko says: “I’ve been crashing in Walmart parking lots ever since I was able to drive — it’s a “simple comfort” for dirtbags. On long nights, you know that just down the road there’s a parking lot where you can grab some munchies, clean up in the 24-hour bathrooms, and shut your eyes for a couple hours. I always crack a window in my car to get some fresh air, and like to stop in the store to grab breakfast before heading out – think of the cost of your milk and cereal as a camping fee.”

 

[Sean Renaud]

Well if you got paid as poorly as the average Wal-Mart employee you'd find a way to save on gas too. I'm amazed the stores haven't just installed bunk beds in the storage areas.

 

[renard_ruse]

Considering the crime rate in Walmart parking lots that is not a good ideal.

I think it probably depends on where the Walmart is located. One should probably look into the crime rates in the area of the store. If its in a reasonably safe area, is a 24 hour store, and there's good traffic in and out of the lot throughout the night its probably fine.

 

[renard_ruse]

I love the part where the guy talks about taking a mini-shower in the bathroom sink.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Does Walmart actually own the land their stores are on?

 

[sufisaint]

I have done it in my airstream trailer and as long as stay way out there you are fine and all trailers kinda pull near each other to circle the wagons.

 

[renard_ruse]

Does Walmart actually own the land their stores are on?

I don't know. Probably in some places, not others. Does that make a difference?

 

[renard_ruse]

I have done it in my airstream trailer and as long as stay way out there you are fine and all trailers kinda pull near each other to circle the wagons.

What if you only have a car?

 

[BiTodd]

I have been propositioned there too.

 

[sufisaint]

Does Walmart actually own the land their stores are on?

Mostly or 20 year lease ...that is why there stand alone big box retail.

 

[sufisaint]

What if you only have a car?

I only saw trailers but there were some stray cars in lot but i did not see anyone around them.

 

[renard_ruse]

I only saw trailers but there were some stray cars in lot but i did not see anyone around them.

You can't always see people sleeping in their car if they put the seat all the way back in a nearly horizontal position, especially when its dark.

 

[sufisaint]

You can't always see people sleeping in their car if they put the seat all the way back in a nearly horizontal position, especially when its dark.

True...and i did not see any security or cops check the cars but they do keep tabs.

 

[Aquagal]

This is what I don't get. My local Superstore(not Walmart), lets big RV's stay and camp and dump their crap. Why does anyone drive 4000 miles in their $100K rig and then decide they're too tight and stay in a fucking parking lot with 50 other RVs? Yay! Let's see Alaska and camp in a parking lot!

 

[sufisaint]

This is what I don't get. My local Superstore(not Walmart), lets big RV's stay and camp and dump their crap. Why does anyone drive 4000 miles in their $100K rig and then decide they're too tight and stay in a fucking parking lot with 50 other RVs? Yay! Let's see Alaska and camp in a parking lot!

So far Walmart is much better than the campgrounds with unruly kids running around screaming at night and drunk assholes watching TV next to a campfire...

 

[Sean Renaud]

This is what I don't get. My local Superstore(not Walmart), lets big RV's stay and camp and dump their crap. Why does anyone drive 4000 miles in their $100K rig and then decide they're too tight and stay in a fucking parking lot with 50 other RVs? Yay! Let's see Alaska and camp in a parking lot!

I guess it doesn't make sense in Alaska but here in California, well Fontana, they are generally in town for the races at the Speedway and yeah they could go elsewhere but they don't. They usually get split between Vons, Ralphs and Wal-Mart.

 

[phrodeau]

Many of the regional and national Wal-Mart executives tour from store to store in motor coaches and park in the lots for their inspection visits.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Many of the regional and national Wal-Mart executives tour from store to store in motor coaches and park in the lots for their inspection visits.

That's bullshit. The VIPs spend about 3 minutes at each store.

 

[pfflyerhot]

But... supposedly... Walmart doesn't allow it if you're a truck driver and your truck doesn't deliver there... I've heard anyway. Shame, really... that Walmart doesn't "get" how their stock arrives...

 

[chillywilly2]

Campgrounds around here are bitching about it and working on the city to make a bylaw against it...fuck Walmart

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

eh...
i rather sleep in my bed.

 

[fgarvb1]

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt...+crime&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-107



Wal-Mart Parking Lot Crimes

First 7 Months of 2005

•Sioux Falls, SD: Attmped Murder/Car dragging (ArgusLeader.com, 1/7/2005)
•Stow, OH: Aggravated Robbery (Akron Beacon Journal, 1/7/2005)
•Siloam Springs, AR: Shooting (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 1/11/2005)
•Boca Raton, FL: Robbery (Palm Beach Post, 1/11/2005)
•Shreveport, LA: Purse-snatching (The Times, 1/12/2005)
•Port Charlotte, FL: 3 Purse-snatchings (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 1/19/2005)
•Tyler, Texas: Abduction (KVIA-TV, 1/21/2005)
•Warner Robins, GA (Macon Telegraph, 1/21/2005)
•Pleasanton, CA: Purse-snatching (Pleasanton Weekly, 1/22/2005)
•Yuma, AZ: Assault/Car jacking (Yuma Sun, 1/25/2004)
•Hampton, VA: Truck with dead person left in lot (WVEC-TV, 1/25/2005)
•Jacksonville, FL: Armed Robbery (Florida Times-Union, 1/29/2005)
•Edmond, OK: Attempted Robbery/Car jacking (Daily Oklahoman, 2/5/2005)
•Taylor, MI: Armed Robbery (Nexis, 2/12/2005)
•Montgomery, AL: Robbery (Montgomery Advisor, 2/19/2005)
•Kingsport, TN: Purse-snatching (News Channel 11, 2/21/2005)
•Grandview, MO: Armed Robbery (Kansas City Star, 2/24/2005)
•Cornwall, Ontario: Car stealing (Community Police Service, 2/25/2005)
•Allentown, PA: Rape (Morning Call, 3/9/2005)
•Brampton, Ontario: Aggravated Assault (The Toronto Sun, 3/16/2005)
•Bonsack, VA: Threatened with gun (The Roanoke Times, 3/27/2005)
•Benton, Arkansas: Car crashing, assault (Benton Courier, 4/1/2005)
•Dunn, NC: Murder (Dunn Daily Record, 4/1/2005)
•Erwin, NY: Assault (Police Record, Star-Gazette, 4/6/2005)
•Virginia Beach, VA: Attempted car jacking (Crimesolvers.com, 4/10/2005)
•Upland, CA: Purse-snatching, Assault (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, 4/10/2005)
•Tallahassee, FL: Robbery/carjacking/kidnapping (Tallahassee Democrat, 4/19/2005)
•Rogers, AR: Assault (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 4/26/2005)
•West Ashley, SC: Attempted Robbery (The Post and Courier, 4/26/2005)
•Rogers, AR: Assault (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 4/26/2005)
•Woonsocket, RI: Knifepoint Robbery (The Providence Journal, 4/29/2005)
•Springfield, MO: Purse-snatching (Nexis, 4/30/2005)
•Russellville, AR: Rapes (The Courier, 5/7/2005)
•Hazard City, KY: Robbery (WKYT-TV, 5/7/2005)
•Washington County, AR: Purse-snatching (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 5/9/2005)
•Wichita, KA: Robbery (Wichita Eagle, 5/13/2005)
•Cranberry Twp, PA: Sexual Assault/Indecent Exposure (WPXI-TV, 5/13/2005)
•Atlanta, TX: Kidnapping (Familybadge.org, 5/14/2005)
•Pueblo, CO: Assault/purse snatching (KOAA-TV, 5/17/2005)
•Murfreesboro, TN: Attacked in car (News Channel 5, 5/17/2005)
•Clackamas, OR: Shoplifting/Stabbing (County Sheriff's Office, 5/24/2005)
•Dekalb, IL: Purse-snatching (Daily Chronicle, 5/28/2005)
•Cincinnatti, OH: Purse-snatching (News 5 Cincinnatti, 6/1/2005)
•Jacksonville, FL: Purse-snatching (First Coast News, 6/1/2005)
•Minnehaha County, SD: Assault (Sprawl-Busters, 6/1/2005)
•Harris County, TX: Armed robbery/Shooting (Sprawl-Busters, 6/1/2005)
•Baltimore/White Marsh, MD: Armed Robbery (Baltimore Sun, 6/2/2005)
•Okaloosa, FL: Purse-snatching (Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, 6/2/2005)
•Myrtle Beach, FL: Stabbing (Sprawl-Busters, 6/5/2005)
•Dekalb, IL: Indecent Exposure (CourtTV.com, 6/6/2005)
•Salt Lake City, UT: Gropping (KSL-TV, 6/8/2005)
•Katy, TX: Murder (The Katy Times, 6/9/2005)
•Spokane, WA: Shooting (The Spokesman Review, 6/13/2005)
•Phoenix, AZ: Molestation (KPHO-TV, 6/15/2005)
•Brownwood, TX: Purse-snatching (The Brownwood Bulletin, 6/16/2005)
•Fairfield, CA: Armed Robbery (Vallejo Times-Herald, 6/18/2005)
•Huntsville, TX: Armed Robbery (The Huntsville Item, 6/24/2005)
•Meridian, MS: Scam, abduction, offsite robbery (WTOK-TV, 6/27/2005)
•Orlando, FL: Car jacking (MSNBC, 6/28/2005)
•Wilmington, NC: Car jacking (WECT-TV, 6/28/2005)
•Glenns Ferry, ID: Kidnapping/rape (Glenns Ferry Gazette, 6/28/2005)
•D'lberville, MS: Drive-by shooting (WLOX-TV, 6/29/2005)
•Haines City, FL: Attempted robbery (The Ledger, 7/5/2005)
•Fayetteville, AR: Shooting (ABC-11 TV, 7/5/2005)
•Mobile, AL: Abandonment after rape (St. Petersburg Times, 7/6/2005)
•East Greenbush, NY: Purse-snatching (The Times Union, 7/8/2005)
•Pascagoula, MS: Theft (The Mississippi Press, 7/8/2005)
•Bullhead City, NV: Assault (Mohave Daily News, 7/8/05)
•Woodbridge, VA: Shooting (Potomac News, 7/8/2005)
•Wilkes-Barre Township, PA: Robbery (Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 7/12/2005)