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A quick Google search found 18 dollar stores in Montgomery County alone.
A recent research brief by the Institute of Local Self Reliance (ILSR), a nonprofit supporting local economies, explores this fairly recent proliferation of discount stores in low income or impoverished areas and the negative effect on local communities.
Dollar stores have exploded in growth in the past few year, when in 2015 Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar in 2015. Combine their numbers with Dollar General and we’re talking about approximately 30,000 discount stores across the country, making them larger than Walmart and McDonald’s combined.
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