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nuxvomica

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6. We use to have a neighborhood store that was like a bodega

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 01:38 AM

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I would collect the empty bottles and ride there on my bike, using the deposit money to buy comic books. Next door to it was a Victorian house where they sold penny candy displayed in cases and cabinets worthy of a fine jeweler. On the other side was a florist.

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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 Friday #7

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

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

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