I have a theory that Douglas has heard and it holds a good amount of truth. I wish I had some pictures supporting my theory, I'll have to do a little scouting around here. It is a simple theory, based mainly on the Rite Aid in White Oak but it has many supporting locations as well. Rite Aid is a struggle box. Wherever a Rite Aid is, you don't want to be there. The second you walk into a Rite Aid, you are entering the ghetto. The Giant in White Oak doesn't have that feeling, probably because there isn't a security guard at the entrance. Or maybe it is because you can look into the Giant, the Rite Aid feels the need to block the windows so you can't tell they are being robbed or if there are homeless people in there or something. CVS, well really it's People's Drug but whatever, doesn't have the same poverty stricken feeling. I don't think I'm too off base. If a Rite Aid moves in, well, you should move out.
My next blog will be the introduction of the Mural Theory of Poverty. Douglas likes that one as well.
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It's true...Rite Aid has focused on mostly struggling areas to do business. The on on U street is moving out because the area is getting nicer (it is true, the block is most likely being re-developed). Also, murals solve all social and economic problems...bad neighborhood? paint a mural!! yay!
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