# Financial disacuity

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 22, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949 "2014-12-22T20:10:44Z")
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### Author: ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-disacuity/707949/403 "2015-01-06T04:11:36Z")

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> [@Waymore](#):
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> Would a place be inundated with fast food and shitty convince and liquor stores if there wasn’t a demand for it?

Of course there’s demand. Depending on geography, much of the demand may come from passers-through going to other parts of the city, not just immediate residents.

But there are lots of other factors in why businesses locate where they do. Zoning, real estate pricing, start-up costs for different kinds of businesses, ease of access for distributors. (I can’t run an American-standard large general grocery store without a loading dock that can accommodate multiple big trucks.)

> [@Waymore](#):
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> How do explain the fact several poor areas that become ethnic enclaves experience a reduction in the number of fast food places and an increase in ethnic groceries, that often sale fish, fruits, vegetables, etc. etc.?

Because a dense ethnic neighborhood is a good business opportunity for an appropriate ethnic grocery, duh. They can be profitable in a relatively small retail space, not least because of the dearth of larger generalized groceries.

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