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Back in the day we used to have a butcher, a baker, maybe a local fisherman, and fresh eggs & vegetables in a farmer's market. All of that was supplanted by sup
by throwaway984393 5y ago
Back in the day we used to have a butcher, a baker, maybe a local fisherman, and fresh eggs & vegetables in a farmer's market. All of that was supplanted by supermarkets & grocery stores. With those options gone, an array of services will be unavailable to poor people, and they'll grow up on canned food and candy. That leads to poor decisions about food, which leads to poor health, which leads to all sorts of problems. And then of course there's the death of human culture. It's not uncommon today for poor households to not even know how to boil rice. It's not all the Dollar Store's fault, but at some point we do need to push back on the slow decline of our civilization.
- jandrewrogers 5y agoThat is a rather extreme and inaccurate caricature of the food situation for poor people. You can choose to believe it but it doesn't make it true. Sure, there are some poor people that nothing but junk food but that doesn't reflect on the food that is typically available to them.
- netizen-936824 5y agoThe concept of "food deserts" is a real and worrying phenomenon, especially when people have limited means to travel around a city.
- throwaway984393 5y agoYep. I've lived in many large cities with huge food deserts where the only access to food within a 1hr bus ride were liquor stores, fried chicken, and gas stations (not even a 7-11). I knew some kids growing up whose parents did not know how (and did not want to learn) to cook even the essentials. If it couldn't be microwaved, warmed up in an oven, eaten cold, or bought from McDonalds, they didn't eat it.