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Sankara_Connolly2020 t1_j6kelaf wrote

Reply to comment by tesla3by3 in Why are there no Sheetz within city limits? by Some_Guy_Running

This tracks. Sheetz business model is finding locations off the interstate on the edges of cities/towns.

My hometown used to have one without gas in the middle of town. They closed that decades ago, but now have 3 or 4 on the outskirts, all off I-81 exits. It’s the same here with the I-79 corridor.

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Tedadore97 t1_j6l4xi4 wrote

I have 3 within 5 minutes of me. Sheetz is everywhere

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SecretSquirrelSauce t1_j6kk342 wrote

Sounds like you're from the western MD area (Hagerstown-ish, or Washington County, at least). That's how it was for me growing up lol.

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joeysprezza t1_j6kli2c wrote

Sharon PA. Same deal. Remember ordering MTOs w a golf pencil

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CARLEtheCamry t1_j6l0gsb wrote

Home of The Winner, the world's largest off-priced fashion store and Daffin's magical chocolate kingdom

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joeysprezza t1_j6l15cm wrote

Don't forget Ryers!

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CARLEtheCamry t1_j6l2hy1 wrote

Did you get the commercials back in the 90's-00's? I'm not sure if they aired in Pittsburgh, but up in Erie it was a non-stop mashup of this song with the Daffins, "just 90 minutes away".

Freaking Erie and the jingles. When I visit my parents they watch the local news and they're still going strong! I guess to their credit, they do work if 20+ years later I bring it up.

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joeysprezza t1_j6l9h1n wrote

The winner.. the winner... oh I heard it. Went to high school with Winners. Weird ass store irl

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Ok_Boat_4867 t1_j6l7pf2 wrote

Omg, yes! We had one at IUP mid 90’s. People would try to put their slip on top of the pile instead of underneath and an uproar would ensue. MTO’s we’re so much better then. Sigh.

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Kairenne t1_j6kyyrm wrote

I remember buying pounds of ham for lunches.

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freedomischaos t1_j6p1dwe wrote

Same. Grew up in the Shenandoah Valley and they picked up a lot of areas now in the gasoline alley down I-81 in MD/northern VA.

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