Speedway Store @ 8th/Perry St

[AlexS]

Today is already the second day that the store is closed. No sign or anything on the door. Customers come, find out it's locked and leave.
Anyone know what is going on ?

[Deuce]

Is this place another one of the s-hole convenience stores we have in the neighborhood?

[AlexS]

It is a convenience store with the usual lottery, beer, cigarettes, etc. The amount of trash around it should now hopefully reduce.

There are several convenience and retail stores owned by the same company in the neighborhood.

071554-0000   DUVAL ATLANTIC PROPERTIES INC   1755   PERRY   ST           Jacksonville   32206
071571-0000   DUVAL ATLANTIC PROPERTIES INC   1701   PEARL   ST           Jacksonville   32206
071609-0000   DUVAL ATLANTIC PROPERTIES INC   1750   LAURA   ST   N       Jacksonville   32206
072274-0000   DUVAL ATLANTIC PROPERTIES INC   334   8TH   ST   E       Jacksonville   32206
072276-0000   DUVAL ATLANTIC PROPERTIES INC   1760   WALNUT   ST           Jacksonville   32206

[Omarvelous09]

Damn... i hope they aren't closed for good! it's the closest place to me that sells my cigarettes!! oh well...

[downtownparks]

The owner isnt the operator. If the store is closed, I assume he will just lease it out to someone else as soon as he can.

[Deuce]

Not if it is accidentally swallowed up by a sand worm.



Which I sincerely hope happens to every one of these s-hole stores.

[Omarvelous09]

Why does everybody hate these stores? i live close to this Speedway and the only people that hang out there are old guys. Kinda quiet...compared to 5-10 years back.

[AlexS]

I live even closer to it and the trash blows in my yard. Napkins, empty cups, plastic bottles, plastic bags, black and mild wrappers, candy wrappers, lottery tickets, etc. Not directly a fault of the store as it's the customers throwing the stuff away, but still a side effect of having the store near by.

I know the old people hanging out there. I call them the "social club". They are quit and harmless. None the less, it took quite a few talks to convince them not to leave their liquor bottles behind on the SW corner of 8th and Perry. They bring their own liquor and get the mixers and ice from the store. Occasionally they buy beer there which they consume across the store.

Now why should I like the store ?

[Omarvelous09]

I live even closer to it and the trash blows in my yard. Napkins, empty cups, plastic bottles, plastic bags, black and mild wrappers, candy wrappers, lottery tickets, etc. Not directly a fault of the store as it's the customers throwing the stuff away, but still a side effect of having the store near by.

I know the old people hanging out there. I call them the "social club". They are quit and harmless. None the less, it took quite a few talks to convince them not to leave their liquor bottles behind on the SW corner of 8th and Perry. They bring their own liquor and get the mixers and ice from the store. Occasionally they buy beer there which they consume across the store.

Now why should I like the store ?

Well just take a match to it...

[Deuce]

Sigh. If it was only that easy. 

When I suggested this for another location, someone offered to bring the marshmallows.

[Omarvelous09]

Sigh. If it was only that easy. 

When I suggested this for another location, someone offered to bring the marshmallows.

Honestly I'd rather see that Shell Station gone...the speedway isn't that much of a threat.

[AlexS]

Honestly I'd rather see that Shell Station gone...the speedway isn't that much of a threat.

I'd rather see them both gone. Both are a nuisance.

[Springfielder]

True that....both could be gone and it would be a major improvement

[zoo]

Maybe all of the stores would be ok for keeping IF:

- those that shop or "hang out" there weren't throwing all of their trash into neighboring lots, or on the ground (so it blows into said lots)
- the proprietors made an effort to keep the store clean inside and out
- the proprietors in no way enabled or endorsed any illegal behavior

But many residents living near these establishments are not optimistic these adaptations have or will come about.

[AlexS]

Maybe all of the stores would be ok for keeping IF:

- those that shop or "hang out" there weren't throwing all of their trash into neighboring lots, or on the ground (so it blows into said lots)
- the proprietors made an effort to keep the store clean inside and out
- the proprietors in no way enabled or endorsed any illegal behavior

But many residents living near these establishments are not optimistic these adaptations have or will come about.

One more:

- the proprietors provide a restroom for their patrons so that after drinking all this beer they don't need to urinate behind the store, next to the dumpster or across the street

But as zoo pointed out, not very optimistic at this point.