I work in the Galleria.”
Sorry you have to deal with that every day. Quit going to the Galleria when Lord & Taylor closed. I do have to drive into the city twice a week but started going early Saturday and Sunday mornings before most folks are up. But even then I do concealed carry and am very careful where I go and pay attention to my surroundings. Hard to find any area, even in the suburbs, where the majority of the people have English as their primary language. Have noticed more and more women in burquas and hijabs.
There is a tiny benefit: spices, in bulk, are waaay less expensive in the ethnic store than in “the white people’s store”.
I have a relative that does a thing with booze infused with cinnamin, and gives it as gifts at Christmas. An enormous bag of cinnamon sticks is like $7 at the Indian store and could easily be $50 at the white people’s store.
Same with all the other spices.
Plus if you have a heart attack in the Indian store there’s bound to be a cardiologist on hand.