SQJ Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - From the intersection of Zhongshan and Zhongxiao Roads in Taiwan’s bustling capital, you can spot at least four 7-Eleven stores as you turn north, south, east and west. No joke.

Where Convenience Is King — chicagotribune.com

Interesting article…

Visitors to Taiwan are usually surprised by the number of 7-11s here. The article mentions that they are sometimes found across the street from another 7-11. That is true in Yunghe near Ren Ai park and Sogo. The Bells live over there and if you come out of their apartment and go over to the main road there are 2 7-11s facing each other. It used to be totally irrelevant which one a person might visit… but one of them ditched their slurpee machine so that really only leaves one choice now doesn’t it?

I do like how many things we can do at 7-11 here. They don’t sell gas like in the USA, but overall they are truly very convenient as the article does a great job explaining.

The picture below is from wikipedia user SElefant who writes:

With the highest distribution density no matter by population or by land area, it’s not really unusual to see two 7-ELEVEn outlets located in a very short distance in Taiwan. This photo is taken near Taipei MRT Xindian(Sindian) Station, a suburban subway terminal in southern fringe of the Taipei metropolitan area. You can see two 7-ELEVEn shops stand face to face in different corner of the same intersection.

台灣擁有全世界最高的7-ELEVEn（統一便利超商）分佈密度（無論是以人口計算或以土地面積計算），因此在視線之內就可以同時見到兩家7-ELEVEn的分店並不是太不尋常的現象。本照片拍攝於台北捷運新店站（台北都會區南端的一捷運終點站）附近，在照片中可見到同一個十字路口兩側就有兩家分店，之間的直線距離可能還不到50公尺。

When we lived in Yunghe, we had a 7-11 on the first floor of our apartment building… now we have to walk for 5 minutes… but I think we are getting a grocery store in our basement… I’ll get back to you on that one!