Topic: Are Dollar Tree & Dollar General stores the cause of poverty in America?
CityLab !Xh46uad9zw started this discussion 7 years ago #82,030
Title: The Dollar Store Backlash Has BegunDate Published: 20 December 2018
Source: www.citylab.com/equity/2018/12/closest-grocery-store-to-me-dollar-store-food-desert-bargain/577777/
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #949,277
Shop at a real grocery store, instead of a suped up 7-11. This includes you, @OP(coughcatherinecough).
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 14 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #949,281
What's sad is that many regular stores won't/can't operate in the ghetto
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,379
I like the dollar store...I don't feel like I have to dress up like when I'm going somewhere nice...like Walmart..
Dead !Pool..v42s joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,444
Probably just a symptom of it
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 24 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,445
Yes
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 28 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,449
You have GOT to be shitting me:
Notice the subtle misdirection: the white Kroger regularly advertises "grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine". Not "the ghetto Kroger doesn't sell grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine." It's not even explicitly stated that the ghetto Kroger doesn't advertise these foodstuffs, just implied.
This is how Fake News works. Of course CityLab is part of The Atlantic so Fake News is expected.
There’s also a traditional supermarket, a Kroger, which is where Reese shops. But the one near her house isn’t as nice as the one 15 minutes away, she says. The one in a whiter, more affluent neighborhood regularly advertises grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine.
Notice the subtle misdirection: the white Kroger regularly advertises "grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine". Not "the ghetto Kroger doesn't sell grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine." It's not even explicitly stated that the ghetto Kroger doesn't advertise these foodstuffs, just implied.
This is how Fake News works. Of course CityLab is part of The Atlantic so Fake News is expected.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,451
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,452
@previous (J)
I did, too. It looked shitty and rundown. The parking lot was full of trash and shit. They still sold (and advertised) "grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine".
Fake News.
I did, too. It looked shitty and rundown. The parking lot was full of trash and shit. They still sold (and advertised) "grains, nuts, seafood, olives, and wine".
Fake News.
Captain Kate Carr joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,488
No
Svet !jzYkdX7lIw joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,492
Fuck the poor
Anonymous F replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,493
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 56 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,504
@949,449 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
I don't think finding a wishy-washy sentence is enough reason to yell "Fake news!" and then dismiss everything on the basis of a phrase you didn't like. The thrust of the article seems to be that some neighborhoods are fighting against dollar stores opening up nearby because they fear the effect that those stores will have on the local economy, and some communities are doing just that. That's true.
The reasons the article lays out are much the same as reasons people have been fighting Walmart expanding into their areas for years. Sure, it's just a rehash of those same old issues, and the article is written to play up the issue. Rational people can have a discussion about whether bargain chain stores kill off local business and whether a problem in one area is symptomatic of a larger trend.
I don't think finding a wishy-washy sentence is enough reason to yell "Fake news!" and then dismiss everything on the basis of a phrase you didn't like. The thrust of the article seems to be that some neighborhoods are fighting against dollar stores opening up nearby because they fear the effect that those stores will have on the local economy, and some communities are doing just that. That's true.
The reasons the article lays out are much the same as reasons people have been fighting Walmart expanding into their areas for years. Sure, it's just a rehash of those same old issues, and the article is written to play up the issue. Rational people can have a discussion about whether bargain chain stores kill off local business and whether a problem in one area is symptomatic of a larger trend.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 45 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,508
Lol I see Matt cried again and got another post removed.