This is a much more complicated issue than the author of this post grasps.
Trader Joes are built for upper middle class clientele not the poor. The food is not very cheap although healthier.
That said the subsidy doesnt make sense unless the community had ulterior motives of cleaning up a rough patch of town which could be perfectly acceptable -- I am not sure the specifics on the area. Lots of communities use this practice to bring new businesses in which develop the land into attractive property instead of dilapidated buildings or parking lots. That in turn entices more land developers to build new homes/apartments/condos/etc. It's a cycle to gentrify a community.
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This is a much more complicated issue than the author of this post grasps.
Trader Joes are built for upper middle class clientele not the poor. The food is not very cheap although healthier.
That said the subsidy doesnt make sense unless the community had ulterior motives of cleaning up a rough patch of town which could be perfectly acceptable -- I am not sure the specifics on the area. Lots of communities use this practice to bring new businesses in which develop the land into attractive property instead of dilapidated buildings or parking lots. That in turn entices more land developers to build new homes/apartments/condos/etc. It's a cycle to gentrify a community.