I remember the the scum media used the term ,”food deserts” to cry racism. When in reality, the locals shoplifted and robbed the places until they closed down.
My dear and late friend Dr. Walter Williams wrote his PhD dissertation on this very topic of ghetto petty crime and the impact on small retail operations. It makes for some fascinating reading, especially disusing the loss of retail space in a small shop due to the necessities of theft prevention security measures. If you can did up the dissertation you should give it a read. Very enlightening.