How far a drive was your video store?

Gary's Video was about a mile and a half away, I'd walk there after work on summer evenings. It was a nice independent store with a good selection and pleasant ambiance, they'd save me copies of tapes I wanted to buy, when they wanted to sell off last month's new releases.

Google Play just doesn't have that kind of personal, local touch.

12 blocks as a kid, 2 blocks away as an adult.

they were everywhere back in the 80s. even convenience stores were renting movies. i am glad it is over.

We were lucky enough to have two within easy walking distance after classes during High School (both of which had a Chinese take out and Pizza place on the same block...fun times!)

About half an hour.

I lived in various places during the video store boom but everywhere I've lived a video store was no longer than say a mile away.

When I was a kid it was about a 15 min walk or 5 min drive. That was before they had weekly's where you could rent 10 films for $10 for the week. I never really thought about the hassle of returning them but I would now given streaming etc has made everything so much easier.

SIERRA VIDEO WAS ON THE CORNER...MAYBE A 5 MINUTE WALK...ELSINORE VIDEO WAS ABOUT 2 MILES AWAY...BLOCKBUSTER WAS ABOUT THE SAME...HOLLYWOOD VIDEO OPENED LATER A TOWN OVER,MAYBE A 15 MINUTE DRIVE...THE GROCERY STORES HAD SMALL RENTAL PLACES TOO.