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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Do American suburbs not have the concept of a "corner shop"? Somewhere you can grab some basics by walking there in 5 to 10 minutes?

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago

No because they’re quite literally illegal in most neighborhoods. This is starting to change but developers don’t want to do anything different or innovative so they’re still rolling out the same moronic plans we have for the past however many decades.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago

They basically only exist in more urban areas, not suburbs. And, as someone else mentioned, they mostly sell garbage.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

No. They exist, but they basically only have beer, cigarettes, chips, and candy. No actual food.

They're also very badly overpriced.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Yes we have that concept. We just don't often have that reality.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Most are gone. T a combination of being zoned out and people being willing to drive 30 minutes to a big box store instead of walking 5 to a corner market nuked most of them.

I have a map of where they used to be in my city 100 years ago. (We do transit advocacy and need data on city history.) They used to be every 400m or so across the entire city, but now? Only a few remain.

[–] froggycar360@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

They don’t. It sucks.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes. We have these, they are generally at gas stations! But as I said earlier, I have never been more than a few blocks from a corner store. They are not groceries though. Beer, diet coke, the Wawa by me has also reasonable food and fancy coffee. But if you need flour and produce, no. It's only stuff you eat without cooking, ready to go things.

The Walgreens does have more regular stuff, cat food and tape, shampoo, etc. So may be closer to what you are thinking of. There is one of those near me also, but one vs. 3 gas station shops.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They also tend to be at least 30% more expensive than a proper grocery store, so it's really wasteful to not drive and get a week's worth of food at a time.