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92. The main part of this town where I retired for financial reasons in

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 11:46 PM

Mar 2014

RedNeckLand/flyover country is only 12 blocks square. The church is catty corner across the alley, and the bank I use is just a block farther. The bank I use is only about one more block, and the town square with a few businesses still there including my favorite hardware store, weekly newspaper, and a lumber yard. 2 funeral homes since the whole county has to come here. In a different direction from home there's a nice public library that I'll miss when the GOP manages to shut it down. About half a mile away there's a decent grocery store about half the size or less than a real supermarket store and a few tiny other shops like a pharmac. 2 gas stations; stuff like that.

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What is the closest business to where you live? [View all] NightWatcher Mar 2014 OP

A Peets coffee downstairs on the 1st floor. arcane1 Mar 2014 #1

Peet's is the best! I go there every day as well. R B Garr Mar 2014 #94

Dairy farm. Closest retail business is a farm implement dealer. Scuba Mar 2014 #2

There is a sandwich shop across the street Generic Brad Mar 2014 #3

I think probably Mr. Fresh ... LisaLynne Mar 2014 #4

A small strip mall 3 blocks away HeiressofBickworth Mar 2014 #5

Mine is a cemetery. I haven't been a paying customer there. Yet. nt valerief Mar 2014 #6

Mine is a nursing home! sammytko Mar 2014 #53

It closed. El Supremo Mar 2014 #7

A dive bar, next to the railroad tracks. kentauros Mar 2014 #8

My own. Chan790 Mar 2014 #9

A Wawa HERVEPA Mar 2014 #10

A little mom and pop corner store. femmocrat Mar 2014 #11

A local pizza shop. baldguy Mar 2014 #12

Anything you would want is practically around the corner RebelOne Mar 2014 #13

Small family owned sub shop OriginalGeek Mar 2014 #14

A Waffle House. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #15

Near my Arcata apartment, Jamaal510 Mar 2014 #16

Burchalter Elementary... Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #34

A gas station. Their coffee sucks. rug Mar 2014 #17

Very good Chinese food at reasonable prices. Throd Mar 2014 #18

Shell Gas Station bigwillq Mar 2014 #19

Another training horse farm next door to ours riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #20

Pizza Hut. CVN-68 Mar 2014 #21

a vineyard, Byington Winery, about 4 miles down the road Little_Wing Mar 2014 #22

Right across the street....... mrmpa Mar 2014 #23

Mine is a towing and recovery service... Rhythm Mar 2014 #24

there's a lot right around me fizzgig Mar 2014 #25

The horse boarding business on my farm csziggy Mar 2014 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author csziggy Mar 2014 #27

The best coffee house in Chapel Hill called Caffe Driade mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #28

a Seven Eleven treestar Mar 2014 #29

Same here KamaAina Mar 2014 #41

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #74

Hard to measure. There are 19,000 Restaurants within 5 miles of me. That's just for starters. stevenleser Mar 2014 #30

Gotta love a big city! Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #46

A golf resort, LWolf Mar 2014 #31

Auto Glass Repair Shop CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #32

I assume you mean a retail store UncleYoder Mar 2014 #33

A neighborhood dive bar across the street from a church. a la izquierda Mar 2014 #35

Our local phone company is a few blocks away cyberswede Mar 2014 #36

An absolutely fabulous Greek restaurant DFW Mar 2014 #37

Wouldn't ordinarily pipi_k Mar 2014 #38

a Church Raffi Ella Mar 2014 #39

A Honda/GMC dealership Auggie Mar 2014 #40

Dry Cleaner, Flooring company, car wash. Wait Wut Mar 2014 #42

A grain mill and a salon are both a block away in different directions. bluedigger Mar 2014 #43

In one direction it's a bank and a social club MissMillie Mar 2014 #44

A cute neighborhood coffee house in a converted old house. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #45

Either a FedEx terminal or the 16th green of a golf course Shrek Mar 2014 #47

Grocery shop sakabatou Mar 2014 #48

Feed store. Often. Autumn Mar 2014 #49

A post office. Jokerman Mar 2014 #50

A store like the little stores with convience items. About 3 miles away. This particular store is jwirr Mar 2014 #51

Grocery store, and yes. elleng Mar 2014 #52

A used book store. madamesilverspurs Mar 2014 #54

mile or so down the road... handmade34 Mar 2014 #55

How lovely and quaint... CherokeeDem Mar 2014 #56

...and you can still buy Joe's Pond Ice Out tickets!!!! handmade34 Mar 2014 #62

That is so cool!! CherokeeDem Mar 2014 #63

Unfortunately.... CherokeeDem Mar 2014 #57

comic book store smoopie Mar 2014 #58

I'd be bankrupt if I lived that close to a comic book store. Codeine Mar 2014 #86

A dry-cleaner and I never go because there's a cheaper one a block down Hippo_Tron Mar 2014 #59

the closest business to me IS where I live Kali Mar 2014 #60

Grocery store, coffee shop, Kohl's... mwdem Mar 2014 #61

A little luncheonette a half block away. Everyone in the neighborhood goes there for gossip Squinch Mar 2014 #64

A Shell station... KatyMan Mar 2014 #65

Jem's Feed panader0 Mar 2014 #66

It's either the liquor store or the auto body repair shop across the street (coincidence?) Common Sense Party Mar 2014 #67

A guy down the road a bit sells custom made western wear out of his house Ex Lurker Mar 2014 #68

Gas Station Sherman A1 Mar 2014 #69

JAPANTOWN! yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #70

L.A.? kwassa Mar 2014 #81

San Francisco yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #83

True. kwassa Mar 2014 #88

I'm in Big Tokyo Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #89

A mom & pop greasy spoon... Earth_First Mar 2014 #71

medi/pedi salon across the street WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #72

Brand new mini-strip mall. Because it is so new, I can't even remember what business are in it. patricia92243 Mar 2014 #73

a diner in one direction and a convenience store in the other magical thyme Mar 2014 #75

Starbucks laundry_queen Mar 2014 #76

Some law office. Iggo Mar 2014 #77

Malin's sub shop -- Yup, we're frequent flyers there! n/t woodsprite Mar 2014 #78

A local gas/mini mart Broken_Hero Mar 2014 #79

private school aikoaiko Mar 2014 #80

CVS in a strip mall, Einstein Brother's bagels, Subway, Chinese, Tex-mex, Ledo's pizza, kwassa Mar 2014 #82

Across the street is the most expensive gas station in town jmowreader Mar 2014 #84

don hugos otherone Mar 2014 #85

I live four short blocks from a neighborhood grocery. I'm there every day Codeine Mar 2014 #87

Did the owners change? IrishAyes Mar 2014 #90

Starbucks nt Incitatus Mar 2014 #91

The main part of this town where I retired for financial reasons in IrishAyes Mar 2014 #92

A community college Sognefjord Mar 2014 #93