When you first hear about these issues, some of them stand out. So yes, sure, some of them sound reasoned. It sounds bad on first blush.
The idea a person wouldn’t have food access in their neighborhood sounds pretty rotten. And then you find out why.
Markets don’t open in certain high crime neighborhoods.
Now while the folks that live in them are very quick to blame business owners for not locating in their neighborhood, they are loathe to admit there is a crime problem and there are very good reasons why people are afraid to locate their businesses there.
If it was safe, there’s money to be made there. Businesses would be motivated to move there. They just can’t, because they don’t want to expose themselves and their staff to armed robbery, shoplifting, gang activity just outside, and drug addicts frequenting the place and causing problems.
Ethnic neighborhoods have to clean up their act. If the crime rate falls very low, there will be people move in to serve the community.
If it is an under-served community and the crime rate is low, business owners would have a very good reason to want to move in.