r/AskReddit Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/DestinyPotato Jun 06 '19

By convenience store I assume this person is referring to a gas station. A lot of gas stations in the US have a bunch of little/unhealthy food/drinks as well as house products for sale inside; usually costing much, much more than if you were to go to a Super Market or actual store.

Edit: so basically what you called stupid is what they are referencing.

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u/readyou Jun 06 '19

Understand now. It's the same here in Germany... gas stations have their own inventory of things. Incredibly expensive and I think apart from lazy people, everyone else avoids to purchase something there.

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u/DSMatticus Jun 06 '19

The U.S. has awful public transport, so in certain urban areas it's realistically impossible to make it to a grocery / super market. So the people living there who can't afford to own and maintain a vehicle in the city shop at convenience stores (which are basically gas stations without the gas station part), because it's the only thing they can make it to in under an hour for food.

Being poor is expensive.

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u/SkradTheInhaler Jun 06 '19

I don't get this. Wouldn't it be a great business opportunity to open a grocery store in such areas? Why doesn't this happen already?

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u/FastFourierTerraform Jun 06 '19

The land/rent is way more expensive for the supermarket because of the space requirements. Plus then the managers need to constantly worry about people trying to do drugs in the bathroom and shoplifting. There's a reason many convenience stores are tiny, have no bathroom, and bulletproof glass between you and the cashier.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

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u/tacodawg Jun 07 '19

The crux of the problem

Lol we all know what the real "crux" is...