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Here is a great contrarian point to the CityLab discovery about induced demand. An individual is unwilling to walk 2 miles to the nearest grocery store, the sol
by Agustus 11y ago
Here is a great contrarian point to the CityLab discovery about induced demand. An individual is unwilling to walk 2 miles to the nearest grocery store, the solution would be to take a bus, however a route does not exist the ideal solution would be a car.
However, entrepreneurs stepped in and identified what the non-car community would pay for things and still turn a profit: $5 for milk from readily available stores. As an aside, how is this any different from Walgreens/CVS' model of having multiple convenient locations, but charge a larger premium.
The idea of a food desert is non-sense as people have access to food, they just want cheaper prices.
- kaitai 11y agoI think you're missing some supply and demand calculations here. Since many people can't afford $5 for the milk, don't have a car, can't walk the 2 miles back & forth with 4 kids because they don't have enough stroller space for 2 and can't carry the purchased food and the kid at the same time, they just don't buy the milk. They buy the Coke for $0.99 at the gas station. If you're poor of course you want cheaper prices! "Let them eat cake..."
- ceejayoz 11y agoAccess to unaffordable food isn't access.
- dajohnson89 11y agoYou don't seriously think that a drug store suffices as a food source.