re: Grambling's first grocery store in 35 years opens

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How the frick can a city of 10,000 people not have a single grocery store?...

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There are countries with millions of people just like the ones in Grambling that don’t have grocery stores.

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How the frick can a city of 10,000 people not have a single grocery store?...

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In America, if there is a reasonable profit to be made, someone will incur the risk and do the work.

Draw whatever inferences you choose, but there are some reasonable ones that will make folks uncomfortable. That's all I'm saying.

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How the frick can a city of 10,000 people not have a single grocery store?...

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More like 5,000. Also:

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The median income for a household in the town was $19,331, and the median income for a family was $27,857. Males had a median income of $22,417 versus $20,842 for females. The per capita income for the town was $8,903. About 30.1% of families and 40.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 48.4% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.

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