Portraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 17:44:07 -0400
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eco logic (ecologic) wrote: I have spent many nights in Walmart parking lots. It's... weird. In many towns the Walmart parking lot is the only place to legally spend the night for free (assuming you...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 18:51:59 -0400
Tim (Brainspore) wrote: I think if I was forced to live a nomadic life out of an RV, I'd probably take "nightmarish day-to-day struggle of fighting zombies alongside Dale from The Walking Dead" over...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 18:58:52 -0400
gilbert wham (GilbertWham) wrote: Pffft. You're going to need that sporting goods section, come on now...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 19:30:39 -0400
a_huge_mistake wrote: I'm sure it was meant to be funny, but if you are forced to live a nomadic life out of an RV I bet "nightmarish day-to-day struggle" comes free with the territory, zombies or not.
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 20:02:13 -0400
42isall wrote: I have been chased out of a Walmart parking lot by hired security before. This was outside of Eugene OR, my friends and I (Who were on a road trip at the time) had just spent the night...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 21:04:15 -0400
Chip Andre (chipandre) wrote: My old man is one of these nomads. A couple years ago, he and my stepmother ditched their corporate sales gigs, sold their loft and nearly all their stuff, and became...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 21:23:16 -0400
Geth wrote: My mother and I were once part of the desperate when I was a child, and spent many a night camping in the Walmart parking lot. I was always grateful for the sense of security those lights...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-01 22:55:11 -0400
Alice Weir (AliceWeir) wrote: If you haven't seen who turns up in Walmart parking lots in the middle of the night, you might think the zombie idea was a stretch. FWIW, it's called 'Waldocking'. Most...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 04:48:56 -0400
gilbert wham (GilbertWham) wrote: I voluntarily lived in a vehicle for several years. I had a fucking brilliant time.
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 16:11:11 -0400
Jonathan Carter (JonCarter) wrote: Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife are avid RVers and spend time in Walmart parking lots. They enjoy it and like the people a lot, apparently.
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 18:05:11 -0400
Jeff Atwood (codinghorror) wrote: Citation for this? Curious where this is on public record!
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 20:16:51 -0400
dloburns (DloBurns) wrote: http://govagabond.tumblr.com/about This guy checked out his savings to go travel cross country and had a couple overzealous 'security' run-ins like @42isall did, but they...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 21:28:54 -0400
Rob (grimloki) wrote: Seriously? Thats kinda... awesome.
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Portraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-02 22:48:25 -0400
Chris (penguinchris) wrote: I've slept in dozens of Wal-Mart parking lots driving between NY and CA (8 times now, I think, along several different routes), and on a couple other trips (including a...
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-03 06:19:33 -0500
Girard (girard) wrote: Without the traditional RV park hookups, I wonder how some of these people - especially the ones who do extended stays in campers - keep their water and power working.
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-03 10:52:16 -0500
Jonathan Badger (jhbadger) wrote: Is there a version of these that see themselves as cooler because they stay in Target lots instead?
View ArticlePortraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-04 00:16:33 -0500
Alice Weir (AliceWeir) wrote: Obviously, you have to bail in order to get water and dump the tanks as needed. When just depends on your rig and situation. But, we're just talking about driving to the...
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Portraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-04 11:52:58 -0500
Carlos Vista (glmedina) wrote: blogs.wsj.com On the Road Again, With Clarence and Ginny - Law Blog - WSJ Today we got a little more insight into the life of the Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife...
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Portraits of Walmart's parking-lot nomads at 2013-11-04 12:08:38 -0500
daneel wrote: I thought he was more of amotel guy. beatpatrol.wordpress.com Hunter S. Thompson - "Fear and Loathing in Elko" (1992) "Fear and Loathing in Elko" is a short story by Hunter S. Thompson...
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