[varyouga]

There's little fruit or other perishable foods because most people in those neighborhoods don't eat it. Why would a shop keeper buy anything to let it rot on the shelf?

But if you need rolling papers, 40oz beers and packaged/prepared food, most of these neighborhoods have 24/7 stores every other block that sell it. There are also far more liquor stores there and they would also be 24/7 if the government allowed it.

[varyouga]

I was also going to say that those ghetto bodegas have selections of booze that you won't ever find outside the hood.

My friends and I used to travel there just to get certain 40 ouncers. I guess our neighborhoods had “beer deserts”.