> I've gotta say, groceries in NYC seem uniquely awful. We stayed with friends in Greenpoint for a week and it was grim. What you experienced are the fruits of

> I've gotta say, groceries in NYC seem uniquely awful. We stayed with friends in Greenpoint for a week and it was grim. What you experienced are the fruits of gentrification in NYC. Greenpoint is an overpriced neighborhood which used to be a Polish enclave (still is to a degree but on life support from what I see). People down there shopped at local ethnic markets, many of which are gone due to gentrification which drove real estate prices through the roof.