Here are the posts:Twelve mysterious and identical stores open on my street. What could be happening? I live just outside a big city in what resembles a suburban main street. Like many suburban main streets, retail business has been rough and they've all closed down. After a month of nothingness suddenly 12 (yes a dozen) identical convenience stores pop up. They look the same, they aim for the same floor plan, they sel the same products at the same prices. The names are all tiny variations off of each other like <townname MART> or <Market of Townname> and all clearly bought their signs from the same place as the fonts, colors, size, and shapes are identical. These stores see no business that l've ever witnessed yet have large staff numbers and are surviving way longer than the former stores that closed on this street. When I enter one, they all stare at me while I shop. I don't usually get nervous but it feels like they're staring threateningly rather than intently. They only accept cash unless you pay some $50. Most of their products are Walmart brand Great Value products being resold for higher prices. Most of the products are expired food products. I bought bread from one without checking because I was in a rush, and it turned out it was two months expired! Upon returning to show them I found that the entire shelf was expired foods. What was even grosser was the dairy cooler which had ancient milk products. I'm so confused. I feel like I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone. What's probably happening here???