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> Prior to that, small towns and poor neighborhoods could generally count on having a grocery store, perhaps even several. The small, corner grocery store back
by legitster 2y ago
> Prior to that, small towns and poor neighborhoods could generally count on having a grocery store, perhaps even several.
The small, corner grocery store back in the day didn't have much selection though. Hence the takeover of super-markets.
For better and worse, their role has mostly been supplanted by gas stations and dollar stores which still populate a lot of these food deserts.
- lapcat 2y ago> Hence the takeover of super-markets. How did you read the article and come to that conclusion? Small towns and poor neighborhoods all had grocery stores, and competed fine with supermarkets, until Robinson-Patman stopped being enforced.
- potato3732842 2y agoA "good" dollar store isn't thaaaat much worse price wise than Walmart or a "cheap" grocery store. It's generally slightly worse across the board, but consistently better than the whatever the expensive grocery store is though the selection is way worse. It really peeves me I didn't notice this sooner because I'm usually pretty good at identifying bullshit tropes that are really just the middle class fishing for reasons to feel superior and the idea that the poors are getting screwed at the dollar stores one just flew right by because I never shopped much at a dollar store until one opened near me.
- acuozzo 2y agoAlternatively, this trope (and others?) could be an attempt by the "middle class" to establish some kind of class solidarity given that, in reality, there are only two classes: (1) the working class a.k.a. the have-to-works and (2) the capital class a.k.a. the don't-have-to-works. Further subdivision is only useful in some contexts.