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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a response to market failures. Grocery stores are owned by corporations and don’t want to invest in low income areas where margins are low. For some reason, it’s fine when rural white people have co-op grocery stores, often subsidized by a local or state government. But this idea in poor neighborhoods of NYC raises hackles? Get bent. [/quote] The challenges faced by rural grocery stores are in large part driven by increased food transportation costs, and difficulty achieving economies of scale in a low volume environment due to low population density. Not to mention customers having to travel a longer distance. This is very different than urban settings where crime and shoplifting are rampant and make it difficult for stores to be sustainable, and that is why people look at it differently. I’m not saying it’s right, but in the rural scenario the challenges are not as much seen as a moral failing.[/quote]
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