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no_hypocrisy

(51,056 posts) Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:40 AM Mar 27

I miss how stores were an extension of your neighborhood when I was a child. [View all]

Last edited Thu Mar 27, 2025, 06:26 AM - Edit history (1)

In my small town 60+ years ago, you could go downtown and walk into any store, and you'd be on a first-name basis with the proprietor. Saul the Pharmacist. Joe who sold fruits and vegetables. Peg who owned the fabric store. Dave and his brother who ran the Five-And-Ten. Sal who ran the only pizza store. Mrs. Ferrera who had the little store for treats after school. Frank and Bob the Butchers. Herb who ran the store that had malted ice cream sodas and comics. It made the town a community.

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I miss how stores were an extension of your neighborhood when I was a child. [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 27 OP

I hear ya. amerikat Mar 27 #1

My literal first memory. amerikat Mar 27 #2

I was maybe 2 years old amerikat Mar 27 #3

I miss the small neighborhood grocery stores. Emile Mar 27 #4

Yep we had one about every four blocks or so rurallib Mar 27 #5

Yes! There was a little corner grocery store that I used to walk to when I was a teenager. HeartsCanHope Mar 28 #7

We use to have a neighborhood store that was like a bodega nuxvomica Mar 28 #6

A lot of that was when the proprietors could (and would) live at their store. OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #8

Rode my bike up to the corner store with my dime allowance 😄 Clouds Passing Mar 29 #9