Yeah that’s a fair point and I understand this is the case in more rural areas, but what about Atlanta like discussed in the video? There you would have loads of people living in a certain area and although they might not have a lot of money, wouldn’t their desire to buy the foods and products of where they’re from be a lifeline for these small shops?

Atlantan here. Best I can do is this.

That’s one of many ethnic shopping centers along the stroad called Buford Highway, which is the corridor along which many of the metro area’s Latino and Asian folks live.

I don’t understand why the economics for those shops would be different in the US and why you wouldn’t have them in less economically developed areas in cities such as Atlanta. Perhaps because dollar stores don’t really exist here, but here they need to compete with bigger supermarket chains that do operate in all parts of the city.

There’s a Family Dollar and a Dollar Tree within a mile of this location.