Okay it's not that there aren't nice parts of Long Beach. There are a lot of hard working Asian immigrants there etc. But there's a lot of shitty Black (let's be honest) parts and they already struggle with no stores wanting to move into those areas. It's all weird little ghetto-y liquor stores in some parts. The proper stores that are there tend to be kind of discount places like Aldi. So now they're going to raise wages by $4/hr, not because of market demand. (If no one would work in the grocery stores, they'd HAVE to offer more). The gov't is just imposing it. What do we think will happen to the affordable prices at Aldi? The hours of half the workers at Aldi? Prices are going up, right? And some of those workers are getting laid off. Then, as usual, the nogs will start stealing more and then the store leaves. Just WHY do people keep trying to fix these "problems" in ways that only make them worse???