I took a drive after work, and learned several things

[CatWoman]

about Atlanta's suburbs.

1. WalMart supercenters are king!!! There's about 5 within a 20 mile radius.

2. Possums and racoons need to employ a crossing guard. The streets are littered with their dead.

[ET Awful]

1. I think it's a massive raccoon suicide pact

I see a lot of them here in Mass. too. :(

I feel so sorry for the little suckers, I love raccoons.

[Technowitch]

2. Um, the WalMart standard practice...

...is to open a whole slew of those things in an area, wait until they drive every other competing business into bankruptcy, then close all but one of the 'supercenters'.

Just sayin'.

[CatWoman]

3. thanks for explaining this

cause I was wondering why so damn many in such a small radius.

I've got the "Red State" blues.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. They are doing this in my area too...

I don't live in the south either (central NJ) There are now 3 Wal-Marts within a 15 mile radius. There was one for the longest time (about 10 years). Then last summer one opened up 4 miles from my house!!:puke: Then the other day I was driving further down the road that the new Wal-Mart was on (maybe another 5 or 6 miles) I noticed ANOTHER Wal-Mart. I swear it went up over night. What the Fuck is going on in my area?

[CatWoman]

5. now if someone could just explain all the dead possums..........

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. I don't know about the possums but...

there is this cute family of groundhogs that live in a cornfield across from my development. I see them every day, I'd be really sad if I saw one of them dead on the road. They actually wanted to put a Wal-Mart in that field. I kid you not, the location 3 miles away was a compromise

[texas1928]

6. The Possums and the Raccoons...

Just can not take all the Wal-Marts anymore. They can not handle it.

[CatWoman]

7. I was wondering if encroachment was to blame

all of the construction is destroying the critters' homes