Location based reminder not working?

I'm unable to create a reminder that is location based if the location is not in the address book. Is this normal?
For example, I can't say: remind me to get xxx when arriving at walmart: I would expect it to ask which walmart and then specific or even specify which walmart from the beginning but Siri only says it does not understand. Can this not be done?

Yeah, has to be in the address book. If you want to add places you don't really want address cards for you could put them in a separate group, then just ignore that group when viewing.

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