Small towns in the Midwest are centered around the main street, which local residents call (somewhat surprisingly to foreigners) 'downtown'. The main street is the primary commercial area of a small town, where the following types of businesses are typically found: a bank, a post office, a drugstore (the word in rural US essentially means a grocer's where all sorts of goods are sold, from food and clothes to stationary and chemicals, including medication), a hardware store, a coffee shop, a restaurant of some sort, a bar, and a cinema. One or more churches are also along the street. The homes of local residents are typically not along the main street, but scattered in surrounding areas or nearby farms, so they come to do their shopping by car, since practically nobody walks or uses a bicycle.