S-Kunst t1_izru86u wrote on December 11, 2022 at 11:06 AM

Reply to comment by tco9m5 in Ex Bob Evans site on Padonia Rd to be another storage unit facility by adb1146

I think you are correct. I have a relative who was administrator for a small town in north county NY. Their town started to see applications to build Dollar stores (they already have one) At a meeting of small town administrators, a state reps said that when a town starts seeing Dollar stores pop up, it is a sign of economic distress for that area. It also is a red flag to potential investors that things are going down hill.

Gitopia t1_izs5tec wrote on December 11, 2022 at 1:22 PM

Dollar General is a small footprint Walmart. That town without enough room for Walmart can still be decimated :)

tco9m5 t1_izsqy64 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Yup. They also put pressure on regular grocery stores and can sometimes even apply enough pressure to force a grocery store to close up shop and thereby create a "food desert".

While there's certainly a place for dollar stores in a community, you know what they don't have? A produce section.

scartonbot t1_izunwc2 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 11:47 PM

For more info on the impact Dollar General stores have on low-income people: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/business/dollar-general-opposition/index.html

tco9m5 t1_izuoyt6 wrote on December 11, 2022 at 11:55 PM

Wow, I knew what I was saying was true but didn't realize how bad it really was. Thanks for the info!

S-Kunst t1_izv3g3v wrote on December 12, 2022 at 1:45 AM

In some ways it is interesting to watch. Many in the county say the city is out of control and its people are bad and don't we in the county seem better? Look we have no decay. Then you drive around the county and see the remnants of the throw away communities, where the middle class has evacuated moving on to greener pastures, never helping to maintain what they have. Its a certain smugness to think that you are always on the winning team, when you actually have little input into the making of the place. Since the end of the 2nd war. New and "better neighborhoods are made by developers. People move in, then due to older generations dying off and their offspring moving on, that area becomes 2nd rate. Since the 2nd war true towns are no longer being minted. In their place are settlements with no feeling that the citizens will be there when the going gets tough. A true town provided safety, security, amenities. These new settlements offer amenities nothing else.