Ain't that the truth. We've got Dollar Tree, Dollar General, 99¢ Only, and Family Dollar. You'd be hard-pressed to travel 5 miles in any direction without hitting a dollar store of some kind in California.
Of course, we also have everything else, so you can actually find proper tools, supplies, and beer. If I ever needed to enter a Dollar Tree to continue a bike ride, I could only presume the absolute worst has happened.
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