There are$14,000$ one$-$story cinder block Dollar Generals in the U$.$S$.$long dashoutnumbering by a few hundred even$$ Starbuck's domestic footprint.$($Fold in the$$ second$-$biggest dollar$$ chain, Dollar$$ Tree, and the number of$$ stores, $27,465,$ exceeds the$22,375$ outlets of$$ CVS$,$ Rite$$ Aid, and Walgreens$$ combined$).$ And$1,000$ Dollar Generals are opening this year as part of the$$ $$22$ billion$$ chain's plan to expand rapidly in$$ poor, rural communities where it has come to represent not decline but economic resurgence.