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I like to take virtual tours of dead/dying towns via Street View. The one constant is that the one main Street has one Dollar General with cars in the parking lot, on the outskirts of town. The proper grocery/general stores are all dilapidated husks 'down town'.
Not Just Bikes made a video about how American chains are just killing the US
It's a plague that has all but ruined artisanship and cozy stores in many western countries outside the US as well
Well yeah, but there is a difference in the US where Amazon is your best bet to get things quickly and cheaply while in Europe smaller stores can offer similar prices and often they also do next day delivery. Especially in The Netherlands
This is the only positive thing I can say about dollar general. I've lived in some brutal food deserts and really small towns but God dammit there will always be a dollar general somewhere nearby.
It's not great, or cheap. But man is it ever available.