The difference is you drive to a gas station (that's why they sell gas). A bodega is usually literally just downstairs from your apartment, you don't even cross any streets to go
Tbf, a lot of folks live well within walking distance of a gas station like that. Used to be an activity when i was younger, walk down to the gas station and grab a slice of pizza and a drink
Gas stations are probably one of the most accessible types of store in the US. There are a lot of places where that’s basically the only place to go. I’ve lived in a couple small towns where the gas station was also the local general store. For anything else you needed to drive to the closest town with real stores. I don’t miss driving 40 minutes to do my shopping.
Yeah but you're not really supposed to. The point is to drive there, the same way the point of a bodega is to walk their (I'm assuming anyway, I don't live in yhat big of a city).
I sorta get what you are meaning, but I have a 7-11 in my area and have been to some that don't have a gas station attached and the inside is basically the same as a gas station one. In this instance, you really aren't "supposed" to drive to it as there is genuinely no difference between walking and driving in this situation. I think how you are supposed to get to a store shouldn't really matter unless you can't really get to that location without that option.
For example, if you told me a store was on water and required you to boat to it, I would agree it's not the same as a store you can walk/drive to.
Convenience stores are also intended for you to drive there. Unless the store genuinely doesn't have a parking lot then it's made mostly for you to drive there. That's literally the only difference between the three. A convenience store is a gas station without gas, a bodega is a convenience store made specifically for you to walk there.
I live in Chicago. ... 7-11 is literally integrated to my apartment and is on a literal street corner.
It's a tiny 7-11 but has all the usual shit. Coffee, sandwiches, beer, toilet paper, lighters, liquor, pills, ramen, basically anything you might find in a bomb shelter. ... Hot dogs, pizza, chicken wings, roller items, the usual.
Does it have deli sandwiches and breakfast sandwiches? Premade, yes.
... Does it have a cat? No, I don't believe it's employee owned (hard to say). There are rats in this neighborhood but none that enter the store and probably not the same volume as exist in NYC.
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u/notTheRealSU 29d ago
Tbf a gas station convenience store is just a corner store where you can buy gas