Offensive question?
What is with New Yorkers and bodegas? I don't get the obsession. I understand that it's nice to have a place you can get stuff you need around the corner, but if you transplant one of these stores to literally anywhere else it's a dingy overpriced shop with low selection. I get it as a need, but not as a thing to get weird about. What am I missing?
nostr:npub1g3jqw8qrj9ppv3wjvg7pqajlwxsl53grmvagcy9pdyzjkthzlhpqvs69f8 you are thinking about the store and not the people. Every area, state, region, country has a city where people move where they try to do something bigger, in some way, than the ambitions of the people they move away from. The bodega is that for many immigrants and they become a part of their neighborhood in a great way. Only two or three people are always working there, early in the morning and late at night, they know why the street is blocked and can help with a package. They’re neighbors.