" would have run down to my local video store, but I don’t have a local video store. I struck out at the San Francisco Public Library..." So why didn't he go t

" would have run down to my local video store, but I don’t have a local video store. I struck out at the San Francisco Public Library..." So why didn't he go to Le Video? He even mentions it later in the article. Sounds like the author was intentionally constraining himself to make a point.