The store likely grew out of a general store/trading post, eventually specializing in whatever they sold the most of as grocery, department, and convenience stores became more widespread. Actually not that uncommon in the US since a lot of medications don't require any special kind of storage and can just sit on a shelf.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe they are regional things? I've lived in the US and I don't recall seeing any drug & hardware stores even though I might have seen some. Google was pretty bad and after I carefully spoonfed it - combination drugstore/hardware stores - my results were only for Alaska and the Northwest.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

edit: you sure the map didn't just freak out on you? I'm seeing google giving results for Texas and Ohio.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

One of google's many problems is google insists on "helping" by giving everybody customized results. As far as I know - it's impossible to share generalized results. I don't live in the Northwest or Alaska and my VPN locates me in Denver. Why google didn't talk about Ohio and Texas is a mystery.

Rant: Fucking google.

Ninja edit: Bing is even worse than google!