How do I handle delivering/stopping in sundown towns I don't feel safe in

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  1. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    so if its across from Nogales, MX then it must be in AZ. are you talking about Pilot or the truckstop on Grand ave? I have been there.
     
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    yes the one on grand ave with no lights.
     
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    Well, I learned something today, never new or heard the term sundown town. I’ll tell you this much, I can take you to places around Houston that aren’t considered sundown towns, but you better get your a.. behind lock & key at sundown no matter who you are or where your from. If you keep to yourself & don’t look for trouble, odds are in your favor of not finding trouble. Statistics show your odds of dying in wreck are much greater.
     
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    I believe it. I remember stopping at the TA in Gary Indiana. Cop there with bullet proof vest. Not to mention gun shots across the street. This was still in the afternoon.
     
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    Vidor ain't nothing you could just drive right on up to Orange and go park at the Flying J or the pilot if you're scared of that area..
     
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    theres a little grill run by foreigners across the street. heard catfish is good. i bob tailed to the jackson 5 house oneday. cool place
     
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    I believe I might know what you're talking about. I ate at a place across the street. Good food. Not nothing like you can find in Texas.
     
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    there use to be a great seafood place in orange off the I-10. cajun cookery. that one hurricane blew it away
     
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    yea its on the other side across from the ta
     
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    Good food across road from TA in Gary at sub shop, I’ve gone over there several times.
     
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