Study: Every Detroiter less than a mile from booze

[wolverine]

That is a nice GIS study. I remember we did these small projects in U of M Planning.

It's just some nice factual data, but nothing worth a heavy discussion or debate. The fact is, similar cities will likely return similar results. It's just a truth of urbanized areas. There's more quantities of X good when there's more people. Alcohol is a common good along with Milk, bread, cereal, etc. So you'll find it everywhere and within close distance.

The studies get more interesting when you analyze hard to find products. How many people are within x miles of a car dealership? A bike shop? A fitness center? That's when you get some very telling results that can describe a city.