You been around the southside? Our grocery options are sparse and poor. My neighbors and I deserve better, and the government should intervene if the holy free market won’t provide it.
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No not very often but based on the looks of maps there's a number of Safeways and QFCs. I don't think the government should intervene if there's no stores that's a reflection of no demand not of a market failure
aug 26, 2025, 10:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Theres 3 Safeways and 1 QFC for the whole of rainier valley. And a Red Apple up on Beacon Hill. Because the few options are so poor, me and most of my neighbors have to go to other areas for our groceries despite our desire to stay in the neighborhood. The free market is failing southside residents
aug 26, 2025, 10:30 pm • 8 0 • view
The free market isn't failing southside residents there's just a lack of demand for the type of options you want
aug 26, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
I’d like better options than grocery stores that are known to sell moldy produce or be so severely understaffed that people give up mid-checkout line. I guess that’s just the charm of the free market for the poorer side of town, though.
aug 26, 2025, 10:41 pm • 12 0 • view
Ballard alone has seven grocery stores because the people living in that area are seven times as hungry as the people of Rainier Valley. Obviously! /s
aug 27, 2025, 9:56 pm • 8 0 • view
Yes that's basically how it works, it's why when they've put in grocery stores to alleviate food deserts, shopping habits don't change because there wasn't demand in the first place
aug 27, 2025, 11:31 pm • 0 0 • view