TLDR: Dollar stores are the only targets, they are also deliberately kept soft targets by management, corporate management don't want to pay for security. The

TLDR: Dollar stores are the only targets, they are also deliberately kept soft targets by management, corporate management don't want to pay for security. The article somehow absolves (as in doesn't mention) local municipal government of having somehow influence over the crime and security of an area. Just having poverty doesn't mean that a neighborhood should be dangerous and crime ridden.