7-Eleven

All 7-​Elevens are, by their very nature, kinda sketchy. This particular 7-​Eleven, however, wins the award for sketchiest convenience store on the planet. During the day there are dozens upon dozens of illegal immigrants mulling about (the corner of S. Broadway & Lombard is one of the main day-​laborer pickup spots). They weren’t really the ones you needed to worry about though. They mostly kept to themselves. The problem is that you’d get white trash rednecks coming down here from the county trying to start something with the illegals. Then at night there’s nothing but crackheads, prostitutes, pimps, gangbangers, and drunks hanging out around here. More than once I would run over here for a pack of smokes, only to discover several police cars and a pool of blood in the parking lot. I saw many, many a fight break out here… sometimes in the store, sometimes in the lot, sometimes on the sidewalk.
For your own good, just avoid this place. Whatever you think you need from here, you don’t need it that badly. Trust me.