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[-] jtrek@startrek.website 88 points 2 months ago

The real magic is I can walk to several open bodegas almost any time of day or night.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 138 points 2 months ago
[-] jtrek@startrek.website 34 points 2 months ago

It depends where you live. Most places in the US you can't (safely) walk to anywhere, and many places aren't open 24/7.

[-] brownsugga@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago

A bodega is a gas station without the gas

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

True, they're a lot like Seven Eleven.

[-] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I experienced that first hand. Colleagues going to their cars to drive 200m down the road to park again and then walk 100m back on themselves to a deli.

It’s baffling how something as simple as a corner shop that can be walked to is a novelty yet here in Europe, it’s the norm everywhere.

[-] jeffep@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I think back in the day there was a dispute about whether there should be corner stores everywhere. Some disagreed, were put on boats, and sent across the ocean.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

You're right, but that's equivalent to saying that most places don't have corner stores. It being walkable is a prerequisite.

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

And they're just little shops, no corporate bullshit.

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