TheBikeRollsOn 

Those places can't be that seedy considering a bunch of kids are stopping there, stand 50 feet away from their $1000 bikes, taking pictures with fancy DSLR cameras, and not getting all of their **** stolen.

dsh

Yeah I was gonna post the same thing. If you can walk more than 10 feet away from your bike without locking it up, it ain't that seedy.



If it wasn't 117 degrees I'd ride by the corner store in my old neighborhood. As it is, you'll have to settle for streetview.

This was my go to for hangover-busting powerades and off brand BBQ potato chips. Brought my bike inside:




This was the liquor store, luckily walking distance from the apartment because I wouldn't even lock up outside this place:

cobrabyte

Truth.

Also, if you can manage to get you camera out and take a pic without getting said camera stolen.....I don't consider that "seedy"

I consider 90% of my town to be safe enough, but there are a few spots that if you are riding through, and you look like me, you're either lost or looking for drugs.

Anyways, I was dissapointed with this thread lol. i was expecting a truly awesome bodega with like a strip club and gambling and ****.

cobrabyte

Yep, my mind goes: "aw how quaint"....not "oh, look how seedy"

LesterOfPuppets

+1. The one with the old Coke signage is awesome!

Verbose

90%(that isn't hyperbole) of the murders in my area are in a 2 mile strip just west of downtown. You basically don't drive in unless you are prepared for someone to walk up and try to open your car door. Not planning on taking any photos.

dsh

That was my old house, except people who look like us didn't even go there for drugs.

That said, the crack dealers on my front stoop* were always friendly. Guess it's bad for business to mess with the white guy in the neighborhood (and potentially have to deal with the cops). They complimented my bikes almost every time I went for a ride.



*This sounds like the type of thing white people say for "I lived in the hood!" hyperbolic effect. It isn't. Most hours of most days, there was a group of young gentlemen on my stoop. They sold crack cocaine. They got busted a couple times, and a few hours later a new group of young gentlemen would show up.

When the cops asked me why I was choosing to live in an active drug market, I told them the craigslist ad forgot to mention that part.

MACRI

Last year when i went to capitol hill block party in Seattle I was accosted many times by the same homeless man proclaiming he was an ecstacy N*****r each time and that he was looking for ecstacy, I did not help him get ecstacy but I did buy him a tall boy he thanked me and said he was going to find some ecstacy and come right back to chill. I never did see him again, although I'll never forget him.

cradduck

The truly seedy places are the ones you'll never see a picture of since you'd have to be daft to pull out camera or smartphone and start snapping pictures....not to mention even bothering to stop.

Danzaxbonanza

Richmond, CA. I kind of miss it, having a liquor store 4 blocks in any direction. Oh well, Seattle's way better.

Doohickie

I said "seedy" not "war zone". Many of you on this thread have confused the two.

uketastic

I live in the CD in Seattle and it's not too bad but there are some sketch areas. Some guy was murdered by pick axe about 7 blocks away from my house back last September.

Anonymoose

No pics but had a friend living in Bushwick for a year. Local bodega had the counter behind bulletproof glass. Another one I frequented as a teen in yonkers was the weed spot. Fond memories...

x514

you guys need to get out more if you think "seedy" applies to the pictured stores, they look pretty average.

DeusVolt

No kidding. I live in South Tacoma, we define seedy. I'll get some pics up in here once I have a chance to go on a seedy convenience store run.

uketastic

okay so I swear I rode by this place yesterday and thought I recognized it from somewhere, it was kind of an interesting experience

EssEllSee

Kilo TT

JesusBananas

This doesn't look seedy; this just looks rural.

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread . . .

jdgesus 

u probably did... its right on the 19th ave "bike route" to cap hill.

i love living in the CD, the music is always playing

jdgesus 

oh, and theres my dead steamroller

Squirrelli

frantik

crackheads be cleaning!

frantik

yeah i was gonna say if you're willing to leave your bike alone long enough to take a pic, it's not that seedy

Deademeat

Having an apartment walking distance from there doesn't seem "lucky".

Lilcphoto

Quick Shop Minit Mart Where I purchased an apple, and a Vitamin Water (only thing that looked decent, I won't buy water in a bottle) and the tab came to $3.89... I could have sworn the water was $1.69, so that must have been one hell of an apple.