[lostandbored]

Yeah, as someone who grew up (and still is) lower middle class near rural areas, DGs and the like served a niche that would be hard-press to be filled by other companies, national or local.

So I can't really blame a company for taking over a market underserved. They are a symptom of larger changes in the economy and society, that which one SHOULD criticize.

[etempleton]

Yeah, I don’t think this is the dollar store chain’s fault. They are serving a niche. The problem is that this is such a growing niche, that well, it isn’t really a niche anymore.

The problem is poor and low to middle income folks everywhere in America seem to be getting poorer.

[lostandbored]

Agreed. It is honestly, a failure of government policy, from the local level to the state and to the Federal government.