Recently i've noticed a lot of "van families" are popping up at 24/7 shopping centers' parking lots. It's pretty bad, and gross (poor people, yuck!), and I don't particularly feel safe.
Wal-Mart seems to harbor the worst of them, with their huge parking structures and huge selection of whatever a homeless family would need at all hours. Cars stuffed with people who are just lounging around with their feet out the windows and their trunks open. Why doesn't wal-mart chase them out?
Is anyone else seeing this in their community?
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In Union City, in August of 2004, there were conflicts between police and homeless individuals who camp in the local Wal-Mart shopping lot. The corporation allows RV campers and others to park in its lots overnight. However, Wal-Mart officials’ said allowing the homeless to camp was not their intention. Police say they have been enforcing a 2002 ordinance prohibiting sleeping in cars and this law applies to Wal-Mart. "Being homeless isn't illegal but apparently sleeping in your car is,'' said a woman who has been homeless and camped at the Wal-Mart for several months. "Now you tell me, how can you be homeless and not sleep in your car?''
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edit: interesting..
