A matter of convenience

Having recently returned from Southern California I was struck by the fact that SoCal does not have convenience stores like we do on the east coast.

Living where I do I sometimes feel like we are in the convenience capital of the U. S. Need a pack of gum, newspaper, ice cream sandwich, lotto ticket, just go into a convenience store. There is usually one on every corner.

Not so in scrubbed SoCal, there you can only rely on a CVS or gas station mini-mart. The gritty convenience store with walls of magazine racks and bags of ice seems to be an east coast phenomenon.

Here are some business opportunities for transplanted east coasters, bagel shops, a good deli, Italian or Jewish, Dunkin Donuts and the drop in convenience of the convenience store....