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These comments are so weird. I only found out what a bodega was recently, so I've added it to my brain as "corner shop". I didn't even know they were peculiar to a specific area until this post.
So they're corner shops. Everything people comment about them being different still comes under the umbrella of "corner shop". It's weird to see people yapping about how they're different and then giving reasons that... still mean corner shop.
Americans have so little culture for themselves they have to make even something as common and ubiquitous as a corner shop, all about them.
I've always called them "convenience stores", but, yeah, same thing. I once worked with a woman who took me to this place on our break which she introduced by saying "Okay, I'm not trying to be racist, but I honestly don't know what else to call this place. It's a chink shop." So, I'm wondering what this store is going to be like. We walk in, and...it's a fuckin' convenience store. Which happened to be run by Asians.
Diaclamer: never been to new york or any store that called itself a bodega.
I think its similar to "all bodegas are corner shops but not all corner shops are bodegas". They have unique features that group them closer to eachother than to most other corner stores. But they are still a corner store.
All poodles are dogs but some people just prefer poodles.
Then explain what makes them different from corner shops. Because so far, every characteristic is just a characteristic of a corner shop.
It is like claiming there are a species of poodle that are different from poodles.
Vibes
The big things are the deli counter and vibe of the place. Things aren't necessarily super over priced like chain convenient stores. They also often also tailor to more specific customers. There is one near me that has shelves of Indian products while another just a block away carries Polish products.
Ah, I see. America has invented "shops".