>What people can afford (in terms of money/time/opportunity cost) is primarily overprocessed garbage. I've heard that, but I'm not necessarily sure it's true.

>What people can afford (in terms of money/time/opportunity cost) is primarily overprocessed garbage. I've heard that, but I'm not necessarily sure it's true. All of the lower socio-economic areas I've lived in (in Melbourne, may be different in the US) have had an amazing selection of dirt-cheap fruit, vegetables, dried legumes and fish that are easily accessible in the main shopping area. Often we're talking "cash only" businesses that avoid tax in order to lower the prices further, and they're always offering a ridiculous deal on in-season produce. We're talking, in AUD, $5/kg for fish, $2/kg for vegetables, $1/kg for fruit. The dried stuff doesn't go on special, but it's usually dirt cheap anyway ($15 for a 5kg bag, once you rehydrate it you get something like 20kg of chickpeas or lentils). Lack of access to these markets is something I miss now that I'm no longer so close to Dandy/Sunshine.