Alex Jones is right again
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I remember the Chicago grocery stores (Aldi's & Save-a-lots) that pulled out, with the sites being left vacant. I think there's going to be an attempt at a government owned grocery store, (which will be a disaster.)
The ashes often aren't cold before stores choose not to rebuild. Plus, insurance doesn't cover the losses due to shoplifting. Even investing in security can't stanch those losses enough to make these locations turn a profit.
So yes. You're totally right. There are food deserts, and nobody wants to talk about the communal behaviors that make running a grocery store unprofitable. They just want stores to run at a loss forever to 'serve' those areas.
In his book Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell breaks down just how much more stores in high crime areas have to spend. Add to that the fact that the city will have the police stand down should riots erupt over a media approved narrative
Most of the people arguing for stores in food deserts would respond like vampires to a crucifix if you presented Sowell's book to them... but that's leftists in a nutshell.
I laughed out loud thinking of that image. That would make for a good comedy. From what I hear of the old cartoon Boondocks they may have pulled off such a joke
But seriously I always scream when I hear my local news report about food deserts in certain areas but never examines why businesses won’t move into those areas.
Yep. I was specifically thinking of Ruckus presenting Sowell instead of the bible: READ NIGGA, REAAAAD!!
I live in a food desert. 2mi in all directions, not one supermarket. Then again, I live rural, so that makes total sense, but I don't get why they whinge so much at needing to walk an hour for groceries. I'll go out and bike it, even in winter, oftentimes.
They also don't help those stores deal with shoplifting.
I went to a CVS today that had more cameras than London. Still, I don't think the store would do anything if you just walked out with stuff. They clearly have a problem that they're not going to do anything about. They charge enough. Maybe they still make a profit.
The homeless people live outside of CVS, so I suppose they just come in and take what they want. Maybe they pay; people give them money. I also noticed they close at 7. My guess is not many paying customers after dark, given that it's basically a homeless encampment.
And then don’t forget the cities that allow up to 1000 in shoplifting
Pretty sure this is one of those. Without going into pointless detail. I'm paranoid.
Occasionally I see shoplifters post on social media them selling their stolen goods right outside the store. And of course, the communists praise them.
This is primarily a black thing
A black coworker was explaining about how the women want to be seen in the malls with the bags as a status symbol
But the black men just buy stolen shit
Self enforced food deserts in some cases. After Englewood lost their Whole Foods, the residents started throwing a fit when a Save A Lot said they would move in.
https://abc7chicago.com/whole-foods-englewood-save-a-lot-south-side-chicago-news/12741806/
there was a save a lot around here a decade or so ago and it always struck me as a pretty sad place, but they did have lots of weird shit nobody else had.
I would like to see a government-run grocery store, if only to experience what's it's like to shop during the Soviet Union.