I wish I could find the article, but they showed that neighborhoods with check-cashing stores were lower income than those without.  No mention of the others.  Although I suspect bail bond offices aren&#x27;t a reliable indicator of economic stability; they&#x27;re more likely to indicate proximity to a courthouse.  In SF, they&#x27;re all on Bryant St by the criminal court.  The area is slightly sketchy for obvious reasons, but the houses&#x2F;condos there are probably not cheap.  I&#x27;ve lived in 4 other cities and the majority of bail bonds places are within a block of the justice centers.<p>Anecdotally, I live in San Francisco and have lived in two neighborhoods.  One was midway through the process of gentrification and the other is in its final stages.  There were many remittance&#x2F;check-cashing outlets in the former.  I live in the latter now and there are 7 coffee shops within a block of me; no chicken joints at all.  And the closest check-cashing store to me is about a third of a mile away on Market St.