[dfwgator]

Then they’ll bitch and whine about there not being any jobs, and about “Food Deserts.”

[Dilbert San Diego]

Sometimes the liberals complain about food deserts, and complain that major chain supermarkets, and other retailers, do not locate stores in the ghetto neighborhoods. And they imply that such actions are racist.

When we see what happened here, perhaps there are other reasons for businesses to avoid the ghetto? Such as fears for personal safety, greater security and insurance costs in high crime areas, and greater threat of your business being destroyed by civil unrest???

[ConservativeStatement]

If anyone remembers this movie, it will you. An early Diane Lane flick called Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains."

The rival band:

[neefer]

Twenty two years later, neighborhoods in South Central LA still have vacant lots where stores once stood before the riots. People complain about the lack of retail. Who wants to run a business in a neighborhood where the locals are known for stealing, looting and burning businesses to the ground?

[cuban leaf]

Then they’ll bitch and whine about there not being any jobs, and about “Food Deserts.”

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I love explaining the concept of food deserts to people. Most have no idea what it means.

There used to be a chain store called Pay ‘n Save in the Seattle area. They had a sidewalk sale every year. One year I went to the one in my middle class neighborhood and saw a certain item for $1.99.

I then went to lunch a couple of days later with some work buddies and there was a P&S in the same strip mall, which was in the “Rainier beach” area (predominantly black and poor neighborhood). There they had the exact same item for $2.99.

It costs more to do business in a poor neighborhood. It’s very expensive to be poor in the US.