Looking at the map, there's a surprising number of supermarkets within a one-mile radius. You find an Aldi just up the road, two Save-a-Lot's, a Freshgrocer, ne

Looking at the map, there's a surprising number of supermarkets within a one-mile radius. You find an Aldi just up the road, two Save-a-Lot's, a Freshgrocer, nevermind the abundance of corner stores. You'd think they depend on foot traffic, which is less likely to decamp across the city limit to Upper Darby. I still think there are other factors at play. The Inquirer has data that per-capita income dropped substantially from 1999 to 2013, and it was always poor: http://media.philly.com/storage/special_projects/income_and_poverty_in_the_philadelphia_region.html http://media.philly.com/storage/special_projects/income_and_... You also think that it's corner stores that would be more affected by the soda tax because soda is a larger percentage of sales, yet Reason rolls out the Shoprite.