Area long known as food desert losing its grocery store

Walmart announced it will close its neighborhood market store at Colfax & Havana next month.
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[@Lbfent2]

Nobody wants to address the reality of these closures. Clean up the crime and the neighborhood; then lock up criminals so 'maybe' businesses can profit. I lived 2 blocks from this store.

[@user-dw1ls3rp1l]

High crime areas tend to be food deserts. The decision to limit liability is strictly business.

[@The_Food_Police]

Yes very unfortunate but there's not other options for the business

[@MikeGoodtime-og4pb]

Another business lost. More tax dollars lost. I guess cities do now want a tax base. Unreal!

[@Jeeps_guns_bbq]

How is this different than a lot of rural areas where people have to drive 10-15 miles into town to shop? Ohh, it's "urban" so the media says we should care.

[@Undercaffinated]

The difference is that it's rural and urban. I grew up in a town of 400 with one grocery store. That's still better than one grocery store for 3000 people. Plus we chose to move out there like most people do. With money and multiple cars. Unlike the city where a lot of people live within walking distance of the things they need or take public transportation. Those are just a few of many differences that are real that "the media" didn't make up. People live those.

[@johnwood406]

When you let criminals just walk away with stolen property, what do you expect. Blame the politicians.

[@plowe6751]

French fries and ketchup are both vegetables. McDonald's is doing a great public service by bringing vegetables to food deserts. I'm lovin' it.

[@user-uv9dk8ce7g]

Go ahead and stand at the bus stop at the corner see who's hanging around there. Then go into that store and see the theft and damage the types do and how most people do not shop for most of their groceries there, they go to it as you go to a seven eleven, thugs go in and steal and make mesesses and bully others shoppers and workers

[@NunYa953]

Maybe they should stop stealing if they want a store to shop at. 🤷

[@mikemprov1303]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the lady interviewed in this story probably didn't shoplift.

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

I don’t shop at that Walmart location, however I hate that it’s closing down in that neighborhood

[@lisabevans8107]

Kroger at 6th n Peoria.

[@steelwhisperer]

Have you tried RTD? yet? It will take you over an hour (one way) to get to 6th and Peoria ,and then you have a quarter mile hike to get to the store.from the bus stop,which is is nowhere near the store. RTD hates disabled people.

[@LuvLight44]

And so it begins

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

They just need to ensure their is bus service to the area the store that exists is located at... that should be like a 1 day fix easy peasy... people need to call the city council & mayor if the metro service does not make that simple adjustment- this is the 2000's it's not like buses don't exist & people need to take a horse & carriage or walk... so really this is a dumb story... steve on your side should have interviewed the Mayor & Chief Officer of the Metro Service & made the new Bus Service a done deal!

[@justinsane7128]

That doesn't sound very green

[@LuvLight44]

We should have never become so dependent on these large corporations one thing about the Human being it will survive

[@Undercaffinated]

You make a good point though. Where's the neighborhood grocery store? The random one you do find has jacked up prices to make ends meet and might also be a bodegha...to make ends meet...

[@justinsane7128]

GhettoMart