Column: Why are Taiwan's 7-Elevens so much better than ours?
When I visit my family in Taichung, Taiwan, I've learned to never ask where we are going, because the answer is always the same: first, 7-Eleven. Going to Taiwan has always meant going to 7-Eleven. My uncle runs a few stores in Taichung, Taiwan's second-largest city, and it's often our first stop after the airport. When I visited last month, I learned 7-Eleven aphorisms abound in Taiwan. One ...
by Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2024
4 minutes
When I visit my family in Taichung, Taiwan, I've learned to never ask where we are going, because the answer is always the same: first, 7-Eleven.
Going to Taiwan has always meant going to 7-Eleven. My uncle runs a few stores in Taichung, Taiwan's second-largest city, and it's often our first stop after the airport.
When I visited last month, I learned 7-Eleven aphorisms abound in Taiwan. One goes like this: The Taiwanese people could live without their government, but they could not live without 7-Eleven.
The store looms so large in Taiwanese life that it might as well be a government agency. At any 7-Eleven, you can pay your taxes, ship or
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