# New Walmart (in my back yard). What to expect? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373 "2010-05-21T09:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/1 "2010-05-21T09:29:36Z")
I live in West Seneca, and the new Walmart is going to be built right in my back yard. Our current back yard faces the old abandoned Ames plaza building. They are demolishing that building, and putting up a Walmart Super Center. Right now, everything around the abandoned property is gated off, and it is totally quiet there… I’m not sure what I should think about this. It is a commercial property, so it was only a matter of time before someone developed on it. I just wasn’t expecting a super walmart. I’m sure they will put up a high fence along their boarder, but I really worry about the noise level, trucks idleing, and all the bullshit that goes with it. Does anyone know if there will be any effect on property values? It will be really nice to not have to go to the ghetto walmart on Walden anymore, but at what price… ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/2 "2010-05-21T09:35:09Z")
The price of your home ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/3 "2010-05-21T09:40:44Z")
[http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/business/Wal-Mart-eyes-West-Seneca-for-new-store](http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/business/Wal-Mart-eyes-West-Seneca-for-new-store) If you watch this video, they interviewed the guy in the truck right in front of my house. You can see my saturn in the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/4 "2010-05-21T09:43:51Z")
It’s a 24/736X store so there will never be a time when it’s quiet over there, other than a few hours on Christmas day. All the loading docks will be facing your house so expect to listen to trucks making their just in time deliveries constantly. I can’t see this helping property values at all. Yes, it was always commercial property but before it was a store that closed so even before it went out of business it would at least be quiet at night. Now it’s a 24/7 operation and most people are not going to want a buy a house right next to it. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/5 "2010-05-21T10:25:18Z")
the super walmart that was just built in hamburg buts up against a bunch of low-income apartment buildings that i deliver to sometimes. it looks like it woul dbe super annoying to live there. there are tons of flood lights on the back of the store, and CONSTANTLY trucks backing up, loading/unloading shit ect. i wish you the best of luck man. if you want to see what behind a super walmart is like just go drive through the lake heights apt buildings in hamburg. ugh i hate that place ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/6 "2010-05-21T10:32:57Z")
Put your house up for sale quickly ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/7 "2010-05-21T10:38:18Z")
![http://preservationinpink.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/walmart-logo.jpg](http://preservationinpink.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/walmart-logo.jpg) …as long as you don’t live next to one! ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/8 "2010-05-21T10:41:07Z")
I’m going to keep the house. Its not a house I will be living in for more than a year and a half anyways until my girlfriend finishes up her masters. It is an investment two family house that I paid cash for, and rent the upper… I live in the lower. We gutted most of the house, and did a ton of upgrades to it. I will probably hold onto it for quite some time, the rents in West Seneca are pretty strong. It may be a renting point for renters, if you can say that the walmart is within walking distance. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/9 "2010-05-21T10:41:45Z")
[http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/494209.html](http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/494209.html) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/10 "2010-05-21T11:01:44Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > It may be a renting point for renters, if you can say that the walmart is within walking distance. No no no you got it all wrong, cancer is good you won’t have to pay for hair cuts any longer. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/11 "2010-05-21T11:08:35Z")
I wouldn’t worry as much if your keeping it as rental property. I didn’t buy a house in Lancaster because of its proximity to the new walmart on transit being built. ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/12 "2010-05-21T11:56:31Z")
q. “New walmart in back yard, what to expect?” a. A shorter walk to walmart. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/13 "2010-05-21T12:08:55Z")
> [@sobo](#): > > q. “New walmart in back yard, what to expect?” > a. A shorter walk to walmart. lol ---
**Author:** ![9c1ny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1ny/32/5050_2.png) [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/14 "2010-05-21T12:33:41Z")
I would expect alot of this- > **[People Of Walmart - Funny Pictures of People Shopping at Walmart](http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/)** > > Funny Pictures of People Shopping at Walmart or in South Buffalo terms expect the Caz Carnival year round ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/15 "2010-05-21T12:45:11Z")
> [@Ron Maund](#): > > We got the back of the store behind us, so the trucks come in early in the morning. I wake up early in the morning, so it’s not really a bother. Obviously if Ron is happy then it is of no concern… ---
**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/16 "2010-05-21T13:05:05Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > the super walmart that was just built in hamburg buts up against a bunch of low-income apartment buildings that i deliver to sometimes. it looks like it woul dbe super annoying to live there. there are tons of flood lights on the back of the store, and CONSTANTLY trucks backing up, loading/unloading shit ect. > > i wish you the best of luck man. if you want to see what behind a super walmart is like just go drive through the lake heights apt buildings in hamburg. ugh i hate that place Lake heights is a shithole so I really don’t feel too bad. If I remember right, when they built the Wal Mart they were supposed to leave the border of mature trees between the store and the apartment complex, and oops! They all got cut down. Wal Mart basically says “fuck you” to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/17 "2010-05-21T13:15:02Z")
my old apartment was actually right behind the Home Depot on Transit in Willyville and it really wasnt bad at all ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/18 "2010-05-21T16:29:47Z")
supercenters that push ~1.5M a week only get about 7-8 trucks per day… Usually they only get that around holidays. and the trucks are not allowed to idle. not allowed to, doesn’t mean that they don’t. Noise wise, I don’t think it would be too bad. I’d be more worried about the extra traffic and shit. Hey, if it’s bad… just say that truck drivers and associates are often out back screaming and swearing and it offends you and your young childen (don’t care if you have any)… and want compensation. they’ll toss you a gift card to get rid of you. keep coming up with stupid shit, and profit. ---
**Author:** ![mechanicalmadness](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mechanicalmadness/32/5022_2.png) [@mechanicalmadness](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mechanicalmadness)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/19 "2010-05-22T01:23:17Z")
Isnt that basically south buffalo? I thought they intended to build a walmart where the old houghton college campus is/was, or was it subsidized housing that was gong there? ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-walmart-in-my-back-yard-what-to-expect/155373/20 "2010-05-22T09:23:07Z")
Jeoff shops at Walmart and does some drifting around carts and light poles. So, I guess you are fine if he doesn’t do it at night.