I know many here are not fans of Whole Foods but this is a company that does not make many bad decisions and site selection for their stores is done very carefully. Regardless of subsidies, Whole Foods is just not going to site a store where the demographics don’t work. This site must have some affluent, upscale neighborhoods in the vicinity or WF would not be doing this.
“This site must have some affluent, upscale neighborhoods in the vicinity or WF would not be doing this.”
...that’s possible. But I think it’s also possible that they know what happens when they say no to the ghetto. They’re labelled “racists” and in swoops Al and Jesse. The 4 million will help defray the costs for looting.
Would Whole Foods be going in there without the government’s financial incentive to do so? The answer is clearly, “NO”.