Armed security needed...for food

[Lighthawk]

DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in military fatigues, combat boots and what appears to be a flak jacket. He looks straight out of Baghdad. But this isn't Iraq. It's southeast Detroit, and he's there to guard the groceries.
In this recession-racked town, the lack of food is a serious problem. It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversations in Detroit. There isn't a single major chain supermarket in the city, forcing residents to buy food from corner stores. Often less healthy and more expensive food.

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[Sionnach Glic]

Not too surprising. With no money to buy food, it's not surprising that people may resort to violence to get something to eat.

[Lighthawk]

I know, but it is rather sad to see it happening in a major US city.

[Mikey]

This is Detroit we're talking about - I unfortunately can't say I'm at all surprised. However, why would the same economic pressures, and resulting reactions, not apply to a US city that would apply in - to use the article's example - Baghdad?

[Lazar]

There isn't a single major chain supermarket in the city, forcing residents to buy food from corner stores. Often less healthy and more expensive food.

I've read articles in the past about that phenomenon occurring in inner city areas - they call it a "food desert". The industry decides to blacklist a whole population, which leads them to rely more on trash food.

[Aaron]

Not one major grocers in the whole city? Even East Vancouver has a Safeway FFS!

[Mikey]

Not one major grocers in the whole city? Even East Vancouver has a Safeway FFS!

Yeah, but they only put that in for the Olympics.

[Aaron]

Yeah, but they only put that in for the Olympics.

You laugh, that BS is gonna bankrupt the city.

[Mikey]

Depends on how they play it. They could leverage the Olympics to turn into a long-standing tourist boom, but it has to be done correctly.

[sunnyside]

DETROIT (CNNMoney.com) -- On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in military fatigues, combat boots and what appears to be a flak jacket. He looks straight out of Baghdad. But this isn't Iraq. It's southeast Detroit, and he's there to guard the groceries.
In this recession-racked town, the lack of food is a serious problem. It's a theme that comes up again and again in conversations in Detroit. There isn't a single major chain supermarket in the city, forcing residents to buy food from corner stores. Often less healthy and more expensive food.

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You know, there was a time in the past where you'd have to take BS like this as true. However just using the google maps local search function for grocery stores or supermarkets in Detroit shows this as BS.

It's possible that by selecting a sufficiently small region to define as "southeast Detroit" you might be able to find a spot that qualifies. There isn't a supermarket every block.

But the implication that there isn't a major chain supermarket in the whole city is straight up false.

And c'mon, it's detroit, you should be able to get a car there.