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amerikat

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1. I hear ya.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 05:59 AM

Mar 2025

Soda came in glass bottles. Meat came from the local butcher and tasty cakes were a nickle. The rich bastereds won. We have not had the last word. Yet.

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I miss how stores were an extension of your neighborhood when I was a child. [View all] no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 OP

I hear ya. amerikat Mar 2025 #1

My literal first memory. amerikat Mar 2025 #2

I was maybe 2 years old amerikat Mar 2025 #3

I miss the small neighborhood grocery stores. Emile Mar 2025 #4

Yep we had one about every four blocks or so rurallib Mar 2025 #5

Yes! There was a little corner grocery store that I used to walk to when I was a teenager. HeartsCanHope Mar 2025 #7

We use to have a neighborhood store that was like a bodega nuxvomica Mar 2025 #6

A lot of that was when the proprietors could (and would) live at their store. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #8

Rode my bike up to the corner store with my dime allowance 😄 Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #9