The parking lot at CommunityAid in Harrisburg tells you everything you need to know – license plates from counties across Pennsylvania, cars packed with empty boxes and bags, and shoppers emerging with carts so full they need a spotter to navigate back to their vehicles.
This place has achieved legendary status among thrift store enthusiasts, and once you step inside, you’ll understand why people plan entire day trips around shopping here.
The moment those automatic doors slide open, you’re hit with that distinctive thrift store smell – not unpleasant, just the scent of possibility mixed with fabric softener and adventure.
But unlike cramped secondhand shops where you have to squeeze between racks and pray nothing falls on you, CommunityAid spreads out before you like a retail prairie…