Re:Walmart’s Crime Problem
by gozur88 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @09:54PM
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But do you really want to penalize companies for opening stores in bad neighborhoods? Fewer companies competing for business means higher prices for (presumably poor) people in those neighborhoods.
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I'd be happy with a definition of "excessive" that's sensitive to that.
A couple of times I've lived near corner/liquor stores that were obviously more problematic than their competitors, for example. If those stores exerted downward pricing pressure then it might be to a level that was problematic. I don't want all stores to become poorly run crime magnets because they can't afford to stay in business.