Bodegas are literally just gas stations without the gas, IDK why NYC thinks they're the only city in America where you can go to a convenience store at 2 a.m

Also the thing where they'll talk about how "diverse" the staff at Bodegas are and how that makes them special, as if every 7/11 outside the North East is exclusively staffed by white coal miners.

Brooklyn delenda est

  • sempersigh [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    As someone who lived on the west coast and now lives in the NYC metro area i guess it has less to do with the products and more with the aesthetics of bodegas and how they're such a NY specific institution. I wish I could give you a better answer than "the vibes are just different man" but that's just how it be.

    Also you typically need to drive to those places whereas here almost everywhere you just walk out your apartment down the block to the bodega. The OP is wrong though of course, on the west coast my apartment was next to a 24 hour circle K and i could get that stuff whenever.