Damn, I'm good. Right?
And then there's this strip mall just two miles from my house:
(Embiggen to see the store signs. I'll wait.)
Essentially, it's a tow company, tattoo shop, pawn shop, and bridal/formal wear.
To me, this screams Dang! My Oldsmobile Cutlass done quit on me again! I gotta get it towed! Wait, while I'm here, I'll just stop into the tat shop and get some ink. Maybe I'll get my girl's name on my one o' my guns! And speakin' of guns, I gotta get in that pawn shop and pick me up a Remington. Wal-Mart's too pricey and huntin' season's around the corner. And since I got my girl inked on my arm, I guess it's time for us to make Junior a legal member of the family. I'll tell Sugar Booger to get down here and pick her out a weddin' dress. Hell, I think we can swing it if it ain't more than $30.
Yep, when I see this strip mall ten times a week during my trips to and from the twins' school, I picture rednecks, with old, tired American cars, pawning anything and everything they own to get inked and get hitched.
Sometimes my neighbors scare me.
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Do your neighbors have teeth? I didn't see a dentist.
Nailed it. True Lives of the White and Trashy.
WOW - those stores must group together in a Red Neck Pact or something. We have one near our house, too. There is a hut in the parking lot that sells drive-thru coffee and lattes. Let's just say I frequent the area - and love to people watch while I'm waiting in line.
Hahahahaha!
I love living in an old neighborhood. No strip malls, but a lot of pricey boutiques and stuff, some of which have gone out of business. I'll have to take a picture of the "strip mall" by my parents' house and show you. Hilarious. A lot like yours!
When I saw the Bridal Shop, I got all Sesame Street...
"Which one of these kids is doing her own thing?..."
We have one near us with a Rib Shack, Liquor Store, Gun Shop and Free Clinic. Oh, and a Super Mercado. I'll swap you a Clinic for a Tattoo Parlor, 'K?
The strip mall closest to me has a Dollar General and vacant space.
And the funny thing is I totally did a social geographic study of a strip mall for an assignment in university.
Ours too had a tattoo shop in the middle of the older-suburbs.
i can't wait to visit!
By our old house, you'd see strip malls with bakeries, quick cash places, and smoke shops. There's metro Detroit in a nutshell.
I bet you're there every day, aren't you?
I look at the cars.
Yeah, I'd say you were about accurate in your assessment.
I thought the recovery one was a rehab place for druggies and drunks.... I'm not sure which would have been worse.
Is the abortion clinic in the back?
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