I thought the whole point of complaining about dollar stores was to mask concern for your property values and callousness to the impoverished as compassion. It

I thought the whole point of complaining about dollar stores was to mask concern for your property values and callousness to the impoverished as compassion. It struck me as more dog-whistle than any coherent non-cynical logic. "We don't want to get rid of the poor, just cheap stores. To help them!"