commodity

Passing by a grocery store at the border of USA and Mexico, Nogales Arizona. The scenes remind me of those small business stalls along the streets in China years back, where relatively low quality goods are overstocked and sold at cheaper prices.

It was quite a nostalgic hit to me when seeing the similarities of how variety of the goods are displayed, such as, plastic toy guns are hung to display the various models, packages of different icecream flavors are pasted together for easy selection, a socking branded with "USA" may help the sales, etc.

During the most recent trip back to China, I didn't spot the similar scene in Shanghai (as far as the places I visited).