Way better than church. Far more important than school.

The video store. In my town it was the only place to collide with the ideas of a broader culture. This was well before the Internet. No YouTube, Facebook, blogs, or email. Nope, just enough options of action, comedy, horror, and Nintendo to keep us endlessly occupied. Even though supply was finite, it did the job. What a kid could find in a video store in the late 80s and early 90s was magical.