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
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Anyone who's truly worried about their impact on "the hood" just shouldn't be moving there in the first place! Conducting yourself in some special way doesn't make the rent go down, and it's just undignified for everyone involved.
You can bypass things by "knowing someone" literally everywhere if you have social relationships. Giving "Papi" the "nod" just makes you look like some asshole who talks about "Dis thing of ow-uz" to a pizza waiter.
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The only thing that a gentrifier can do to stop gentrification is refuse to pay more than the normal rent for an apartment. If they do move to the neighborhood, then acting like themselves and being a respectful member of the community is part of the gig. "Chopping it up with a cafecito" and trying to haggle and shit is something that you learn over time, as in a process that develops naturally, not that you do on day one.
Acting like some shitty caricature because you moved to "the hood" is Gentrifier 101.
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What does this have to do with "carrying yourself" so that a Bodega will give you free/discounted shit?
Lol stop trying to mystify a corner store, every city on earth has them.
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Pretty sure I just accused you of that but okay
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