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xchrom

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3. i thought it was.

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Thu May 3, 2012, 09:03 AM

May 2012

growing up -- we were neighbors w/ folk who owned small groceries in our 'hood.

i went to school w/ the kids -- played at their houses, etc.

it's very sad to me that - for so many, many americans - that's closed off as an avenue for them.

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When Mom and Pop Own a Mom-and-Pop [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

It would sure be easier for people to open a mom-and-pop if we had a national health plan like raccoon May 2012 #1

Now that was a good read. rug May 2012 #2

i thought it was. xchrom May 2012 #3

There was a small grocery downstairs in the walkup I grew up in in Manhattan. rug May 2012 #4