# Odd Business Juxtapositions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382 "2015-05-19T18:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/21 "2015-05-20T17:03:52Z")
I did not see this one personally, but it was related to me by a usually reliable source. During a stay in Caracas, Venezuela, he worked in a building just down the street from a porn theater. One Sunday, he passed by on the way to work and did a double-take–the building was suddenly a church, with Bible quotes on the marquee. Monday, it was a porn theater again. He asked his local coworkers about it, and learned that the church and the theater had a time-share arrangement. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/22 "2015-05-20T17:07:45Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sun Belt cities often have VERY lax zoning laws, so it’s not unusual to see all kinds of odd juxtapositions. In many Texas cities, you’ll find churches not far from strip clubs. Nowadays, porn is mostly sold online, but I used to see strip malls containing both Christian book stores and porn dealers, both kids’ clothing stores and naughty lingerie shops. Hidden in the back of [this strip mall](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.921547,-77.23492,3a,75y,266.81h,76.08t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s1BA1wgOWz6Hxf1fJrCc4Ng!2e0) is a lingere/sex toy shop. There used to be a pool supply store on the corner and a Toys “R” Us in the next block. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/23 "2015-05-20T17:42:32Z")
At a Stratford, CT back in 2010, there was a Dunkin’ Donuts store cheek-to-jowl with a Dentist Office. Good placement, that… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/24 "2015-05-20T17:55:41Z")
Srsly? 23 posts and no one’s mentioned [Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles](http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com)? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/25 "2015-05-20T18:03:17Z")
1.) In Inman Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, side by side you had **Jae’s Diner** – Motto – “Eat Here and Live Forever” next door was **East Coast Grill** – Motto – “Eat Here and Die Happy” I don’t know who was there first. Jae’s is apparently gone now, though. 2.) When I lived in Salt Lake City on Fourth South near 7th East there were two Mexican fast food places literally next door to each other – a **Taco Bell** and a **Taco Time**. I figured that whoever put up his restaurant second was bragging – “Oh, YEAH? Well, I’ll put one up next door to you and still do a brisk business!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/26 "2015-05-20T18:04:19Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > There’s a odd place close to me. Building supplies and beauty parlour. Probably a husband and wife team - each gets half the building, but you know what building supplies places look like - piles of sand and stone and stacks of metal … with ladies popping in to get their nails done! Well, both sides involve nails… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/27 "2015-05-20T18:10:52Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > At a Stratford, CT back in 2010, there was a Dunkin’ Donuts store cheek-to-jowl with a Dentist Office. > > Good placement, that… Here in Pittsburgh, there’s a shopping center with a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Dean Ornish diet center. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/28 "2015-05-20T19:01:27Z")
This isn’t “Odd” – it sort of makes more sense than any other mall I’ve seen, in a way Eaton Place in Seabrook, NH is the Ultimate Guy Mall. It has: – A Comic Book Store – A Smoke Shop – A Fireworks Store – A Leather Goods store – A Pawn Shop and – A Porno Store [http://listings.findthecompany.com/l/24175434/Eaton-Plaza-in-Seabrook-NH](http://listings.findthecompany.com/l/24175434/Eaton-Plaza-in-Seabrook-NH) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/29 "2015-05-20T19:03:03Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Here in Pittsburgh, there’s a shopping center with a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Dean Ornish diet center. Makes complete sense. There’s no point in preaching to the saved. If you want converts, you’ve got to preach to the damned. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/30 "2015-05-20T19:03:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Srsly? 23 posts and no one’s mentioned [Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles](http://www.roscoeschickenandwaffles.com)? [Y’all mus’ not be from aroun’ here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_and_waffles) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/31 "2015-05-20T19:13:48Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > [Here is a strip mall sign that sums up America very nicely.](http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2015/05/20150513_merica.jpg) It’s missing a sex shop. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/32 "2015-05-20T19:15:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Sun Belt cities often have VERY lax zoning laws, so it’s not unusual to see all kinds of odd juxtapositions. In many Texas cities, you’ll find churches not far from strip clubs. Houston definitely has lax zoning, in that it has none whatsoever. Years back, the Rice Village shopping center proudly offered a porn movie theater next to a toy store. These days things in the Village are totally upscale and boutique-y. It’s a damn shame what’s happened to the place. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/33 "2015-05-20T19:23:29Z")
All in one store- Electric Ladyland on Bardstown Road in Louisville, Kentucky - Used record & music memorabilia store Hippie-esque Head shop Messianic Jewish Anti-Romanist book store > **[Electric Ladyland Louisville](https://www.facebook.com/ElectricLadylandLouisville?_rdr)** > > Electric Ladyland Louisville, Louisville, KY. Electric Ladyland Check the photo section to see the little hand-made religious cartoons that decorate the store. ---
**Author:** ![NuclearBombPop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@NuclearBombPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NuclearBombPop)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/34 "2015-05-21T14:52:31Z")
There’s a place on the main street in Waconia, Minnesota, that’s a TV store/tanning salon. I’m not sure if it’s still around; last time I was in Waconia I didn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/35 "2015-05-21T16:10:57Z")
One of the banks in Pittsburgh used to have some shops in the basement. One was run by this little old lady who sold antiques and assault weapons. OK, picking up some Civil War era linens AND an Uzi at the same place was strange enough but doing it in a bank building just added to the strangeness. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/36 "2015-05-22T00:05:45Z")
Beaver, Arkansas: There used to be a business that did taxidermy and pet boarding. "I’m here to pick up my…OHMYGOD!!! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/37 "2015-05-22T00:47:55Z")
Thirty odd years ago, my hometown had a fish & chip shop next to an aquarium shop. It even got featured in _Private Eye_, the British satirical magazine. A few years back (can’t remember the town) I noticed a spiritualist church next to a funeral directors, which rather tickled me. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/38 "2015-05-22T01:46:15Z")
Near my old office, we had a strip mall with a pet store next to fast food Mexican restaurant. The signs out front proudly proclaimed: “PUPPY TACOS” ---
**Author:** ![tadtooornamental](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/39 "2015-05-22T02:00:20Z")
Durand Illinois used to have a combination funeral parlor/furniture store. Don’t know if it’s still there as I haven’t been in almost a decade, but I always got a chuckle out of the imagined conversations. “We’re so sorry for your loss . . . have you considered a new sofa?” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382/40 "2015-05-22T02:18:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 2.) When I lived in Salt Lake City on Fourth South near 7th East there were two Mexican fast food places literally next door to each other – a **Taco Bell** and a **Taco Time**. > > I figured that whoever put up his restaurant second was bragging – “Oh, YEAH? Well, I’ll put one up next door to you and still do a brisk business!” Near where I live in Toronto there used to be a strip mall with a Quizno’s sub shop, a Mr. Sub sub shop, a sushi joint, and a Subway sub shop. I guess the sushi guy didn’t get the memo. Out of the three sub shops, only the Subway is left. There can be only one… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-business-juxtapositions/720382.md?page=3)