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If you could live very close to one shop, which would it be?

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JMSA · 31/01/2026 14:19

I can’t lie, Home Bargains. I just love it.

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VictoriaEra · 31/01/2026 15:44

Marks and Spencer. Fabulous treat food and great clothes.

Scrabsqueak · 31/01/2026 15:43

Dobbies garden centre!

13goingon31 · 31/01/2026 15:40

I'd love to be next to an IKEA but it would be an absolute eyesore after a bit!

VickyEadieofThigh · 31/01/2026 15:36

BarbarianBabs · 31/01/2026 14:24

Lidl!

Same here!

Livpool · 31/01/2026 15:36

Home Bargains!

frozendaisy · 31/01/2026 15:36

Waitrose
not for everything but boy do they have some gems worth paying for

frozendaisy · 31/01/2026 15:35

HeadyLamarr · 31/01/2026 15:31

When DP's work moved to an office next to a Greggs, they all gained a stone and a half in the two years until they relocated again!

An entire office of people slowly inflating. 😄

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A social experiment in real time
brilliant

DisforDarkChocolate · 31/01/2026 15:35

I used to live in a town with a fantastic eco shop. Wonderful products that really helped me reduce my single use plastic. There is nothing like that near me.

DisforDarkChocolate · 31/01/2026 15:34

Waitrose, I how I miss it.

FunnyOrca · 31/01/2026 15:34

Mithral · 31/01/2026 15:15

I'm 15 mins walk from a John Lewis with a Waitrose there too. And 10 from a big M&S food and a big Primark. 2 minutes from a Lidl.

Id like to be near a really great haberdashery, John Lewis used to be ok but now seems to be mostly kits and cricut stuff. Walkable to Selfridges would be fun!

I grew up by a haberdashery. I just loved going there and planning which ribbons or buttons I would buy with my pocket money. I always thought I would get my grandma to sew my amazing button collection onto my cardigans but I never remembered to take them when we visited 😂

Now, I’d love a refill or bulk shop. We have a good high street but it lacks this.

BunnyLake · 31/01/2026 15:33

Itsu. I get random noodle and sushi cravings so could just pop in for an occasional treat. I can get something quite decent for a tenner.

Fupoffyagrasshole · 31/01/2026 15:32

One thing keeping us in our small 2 bed flat with 2 kids even though we could do with more space - is the location
ive got Aldi, Asda & a big Sainsbury’s all in 5 mins walk
Massive boots, tk maxx, b&m, primark all on my walk home from work (10 mins from the house)

il struggle if we move 😹

HeadyLamarr · 31/01/2026 15:31

Frequency · 31/01/2026 15:28

I would be the size of a house if I lived next door to a Greggs. It's dangerous enough that they deliver now.

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When DP's work moved to an office next to a Greggs, they all gained a stone and a half in the two years until they relocated again!

An entire office of people slowly inflating. 😄

Bonkers1966 · 31/01/2026 15:29

M and S food hall

Frequency · 31/01/2026 15:28

needadvice27 · 31/01/2026 15:23

Greggs

I would be the size of a house if I lived next door to a Greggs. It's dangerous enough that they deliver now.

needadvice27 · 31/01/2026 15:23

Greggs

SeriousTissues · 31/01/2026 15:22

HeadyLamarr · 31/01/2026 14:28

Booths. Although I'd be bankrupt within a year.

Ten minute walk from us - not bankrupt yet!

Idontcareboutthestateofmyhair · 31/01/2026 15:18

I miss our local Aldi which was just a 5 minute walk away. We popped over several times a week to save us going to Tesco and spending a fortune! They moved the Aldi to an edge of town retail park. Sick of the good shops all being out of the way, I miss the days of big shops in the middle of towns when you didn't need to drive. Not very environmental friendly these retail parks! I would however love to live next door to M&S, the full shebang not just a foodhall. Would love a Waitrose close by too.

Dollymylove · 31/01/2026 15:18

B&M or the Age UK chazza 😃

ChurchWindows · 31/01/2026 15:16

Observed · 31/01/2026 14:55

Liberty. But I’d need it to be moved to Cornwall

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Liberty can't come to Cornwall because I'm going to have it next to my house in Somerset.

I love it. Like a stylish museum full of the most uplifting and beautiful things.

Mithral · 31/01/2026 15:15

I'm 15 mins walk from a John Lewis with a Waitrose there too. And 10 from a big M&S food and a big Primark. 2 minutes from a Lidl.

Id like to be near a really great haberdashery, John Lewis used to be ok but now seems to be mostly kits and cricut stuff. Walkable to Selfridges would be fun!

Tiptopflipflop · 31/01/2026 15:14

Wholefoods. Heaven.

CeeJay81 · 31/01/2026 15:08

Aldi, although i dont go often, as its 28 miles away. I live in a very rural place. 18 miles plus to anything other than coop or Spar plus a few independents and charity shops.

StrawberryJamAndRaspberryPie · 31/01/2026 15:04

I live pretty close to most shops tbh. I spend a lot of time in John Lewis and the big M&S.

But I’d pick Aldi because I hate lugging home a food shop.

Icouldwriteabookonmydisastrouslife · 31/01/2026 15:03

I live next to a big Tesco . We did used to laugh we might aswell get our wages paid in Tesco vouchers , but then the cost of living hit and now I try not to go in that often and especially now the yellow reduced tickets are no longer what they used to be … we used to get the finest ready meals for 63p and my partner used to take them to work , our freezer used to be just yellow reduced labels 😂 it’s all changed now .

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