This photo was made in 2017, and even then it felt like dollar stores were everywhere.

But that was nothing compared to how it is now.

Many small towns don’t have real grocery stores any more, just dollar stores without produce or fresh meat, but with plenty of shelf-stable stuff that’s over processed and unhealthy. Oh, and runaway yellow carts all over the place.

Rayne, Louisiana
photographed 10.21.2017