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Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:49PM (#14563799)
They already have those. They're called Walmart parking lots and the arrangement is mutually beneficial. Walmart gets security, people get a place to park and sleep for free without being hassled by cops. I understand that people who live in "nice places" may be skeptical of their existence but trust me, they exist.

"Nice places" with Walmart usually make the existence of said Walmart conditional on that particular store not allowing overnight parking.

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Re:Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housin... by bryanbuckley on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:06PM (#14563924)
Walmart parking lots pale in comparison to what I'm suggesting. If you are a Google employee already, a Google parking lot is pretty darn good but still not as good as what I'm suggesting.

Sure, if you are on a road-trip and in a pinch Walmart is OK. But if tied to a region, you can do much better than Walmart (as evidenced by driving around the valley and cities and seeing where the vans are parked).

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