[mjb394]

Pharmacies might be cookie-cutter businesses in your experience, but in a place with the density of NY, why should they be? Why can't there be a compounding pharmacy that specializes in pre-natal care, so the pharmacists and technicians are exceptionally well versed in various remedies for things like morning sickness, swelling, any sort of ailment that pregnancy can bring, who know pregnancy better than any doctor in terms of what products work best and in what combinations, in addition to stocking an assortment of complementary non-prescription items, all chosen because they are uniquely suited for the kinds of issues pregnant women specifically have.

Ditto cancer. Ditto orthopedics. Ditto MS and musculoskeletal problems. Ditto pediatrics. Communities exist around all of these things because people need a place to find that information and get their questions answered. Why couldn't that place be the exact type of business that exists to address people's health needs?

It could be a business built around serving the needs of a minority (yet significant) population exceptionally well, instead of being a bland cookie-cutter store that serves everyone pretty much okay, unless something goes wrong and the 22 year old pharmacy tech who has never even had a conversation with someone with your particular health concern remarkably doesn't know how to help you.

[raverbashing]

Pharmacies are a complicated issue because of regulation

But you have 'regular' grocery stores in NY and also the small ethnic product ones.