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I have to laugh when I hear some people don't carry because they don't go anywhere dangerous. Heck, if you go to your bank, WM, C-store, or gas station, believe us, you are going someplace that is potentially dangerous.
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For sure. thus my signature line.

I wish we had a better choice here. I definitely don't want the big city population at all. Lufkin (37K) and Angelina Co. (still just under 90K) is really too big to suit me. This may be the best deal going for small country town living. BUT, our choices are WM, Brookshire Brothers, and HEB. There is not even an Independent in Lufkin.
HEB is in a rough part of town and no better at all than WM. After dark I consider WM less of a possible bad deal than HEB. I will really be thankful when HEB gets their new store. For me then it will be a real viable option to look at even though it is 30.07, - No OC. There is no way I would ever go there now if it was 30.06 and no carry at all.
WM here has never batted an eye. Standing in the WM checkout line wife often engages in conversation w/ other ladies about carry, my OC, and they never know she has hers concealed unless they ask.
Brookshire Brothers has several stores in Lufkin and there is one in Huntington. They are NOTICABLY higher on prices even for a man to see. Quality of their fruit is not near up to par w/ WM or HEB. Also, after I had that nasty ol cancer (past tense, HAD, 13.5 yrs and still undetectable) my diet had to change drastically. B-bros don't have much at all and what they do have is a good half again higher than WM.

Bottom line is, bad as I hate to say it, WM is bout our choice here for a lot of stuff.
What she can buy in "bulk" she does a lot at the SAMS.

with all of the above. We don't have the abundance of WMs that you do. I live outta Huntington, a little town bout 15 miles from Lufkin. Next closest WM to us is Nacogdoches. 25miles +/-. That one is rough too.

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:45 pm

longtooth wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:38 pm I bet they spend big $$s every year keeping these out of the news. I usta teach in class they were one of the most dangerous places the ladies can shop.

I can believe it. There are always seedy looking fellows in those places. Not to mention the scum that wait for easy victims headed through the parking lot.

I have not been able to understand it really but SAMS does not at all seen to have the same problem. Angelina County, Lufkin, SAMS is just bout 250yds entry door to entry door from WM. I have never seen a panhandler in SAMS parking lot. Cant remember ever a crime report of shoplifting. I have used the greater parking lot in that center to walk when I was loosing weight. (It is easy to get a 1 mile circle in that center.) Don't ever remember seeing Lufkin PD in there parking area or hearing them mentioned on nightly news or in the daily crime report in the paper. I am sure they have some but for sure NOTHING like WM. Maybe "Membership" really does make some character and integrity difference.

I bet they spend big $$s every year keeping these out of the news. I usta teach in class they were one of the most dangerous places the ladies can shop.