In article >, says...
> Stan Horwitz said...
>
> > In article >, Andy > wrote:
> >
> >> Name your Mini-marts
> >>
> >> Not counting gas (petrol) stops.
> >>
> >> Philadelphia:
> >> WaWa
> >> 7/11
> >>
> >> You?
> >
> > In my area, Wawa is a gas stop, but most of my visits there are for the
> > convenience store. I like both Wawa and 7/11.
>
>
> Stan,
>
> In my 17 years of residency in PA, I didn't think 7/11 existed. I imagined
> there was a "stay outta town" conspiracy for them. The only one I've ever
> seen was on City Line Ave., somewhere, back in October, this year!
>
> About WaWa, my only protest about them is they went "in house" with the
> soft pretzel racket. Instead of the great daily fresh soft pretzels in the
> big square crates to pluck from, they went to a miniaturized soft pretzel
> in a "baggie," Sock probably better describes it. The BUMS!!!
>
> Best,
>
> Andy
>

Providence used to be like that, now I've got three of them in a 1.5
mile radius.