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La vida de barrio... That's it! One thing about "fruterías", here in Spain is that I could find something very interesting the first time I visited Barcelona (my mother and sister live there).

Where I live, "Fruterías" never display fruit or vegetables outside, at the door, in the street (maybe because of the weather), but in Barcelona every neighbourhood fruit shop has a fruit display outside, and it's a good idea!

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We have something similar to fruterias here in the UK and they offer some the best fresh fruit! I tend to shop at local farmers markets and I always prefer to buy local because it's often cheaper and I love to support a local community shop or farmer over a big box supermarket.

I think one of the things I miss about Asian culture having grown up in Singapore is all the Asian fruit that you really wouldn't get here! Fruits like rambutan, mangosteens, jackfruit and guava. I used to buy rambutans in a red plastic bag - a bit weird and not "neatly packaged" - from a local shop after I went biking.

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Love this. So interesting how big cities can foster more neighborhoodliness (not a word, lol), but something I definitely notice in Brooklyn.

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