I'm lucky for Black Fridays. We live on the very south edge of Orange County CA, to the south is 20 miles of Marine Camp Pendleton. So any shopping competition comes from the north. But every major store in my town has another store within 10 miles north, so nobody from out of town comes here.
So we have Wal Mart, Target, Staples, Office Depot all within 3 miles. Even the "when the doors open" crowd at Wal Mart is maybe 25 people. You can pretty much stroll in and pick up anything you want. We usually wait until Noon on BF and the crowds are gone, but most of the deals can still be found.