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It's sad that everything at cheap stores like Dollar General is in a package with more preservatives than a Goodyear tire.

atdrummond 4y ago
I was homeless for three years in Saint Louis (also lived in West/South Chicago for some time) and was the healthiest I ever had been in terms of weight. You don’t have to patronize these places, even in so-called food deserts.
- orwin 4y ago
  I think the working poor, who do not have any time to pick and choose what they eat, are worse off than let's say me when i was a homeless student with enough time to cook myself salads. Wasn't in a food desert though, i don't think those exist in my country.
  - kaesar14 4y ago
    I mean there's still enough time to pick and choose the food that is making people fat...
    - biomcgary 4y ago
      In my experience, most large grocery stores funnel customers past the produce section first. So, if people simply grabbed the first edible things that they saw. . . However, I have lived primarily in rural and suburban areas of the US, so I don't know if that is generally the case.
      - atdrummond 4y ago
        That’s the case in nearly every proper supermarket I’ve ever visited on pretty much every continent. The only exception seems to be bodega-like corner stores.
      - MichaelCollins 4y ago
        It's the same way in urban grocery stores in the US. Produce is at the front, next to the entrance. Junk food is furthest from the entrance, in the back row of aisles. I assume the grocer logic is something like "make them walk past and consider all the other stuff before they get to what they really want (junk food)"
  - atdrummond 4y ago
    I was able to eat mostly fruit and veg for free from food banks that took maybe 15 min a day to visit. I also was not slovenly not working, I just didn’t have good habits to get out of my situation thanks to extreme mental illness and addiction. (Both of which are thankfully well under control now.)
  - bombcar 4y ago
    How did you cook a salad.

atdrummond 4y ago

I was homeless for three years in Saint Louis (also lived in West/South Chicago for some time) and was the healthiest I ever had been in terms of weight. You don’t have to patronize these places, even in so-called food deserts.

orwin 4y ago
I think the working poor, who do not have any time to pick and choose what they eat, are worse off than let's say me when i was a homeless student with enough time to cook myself salads. Wasn't in a food desert though, i don't think those exist in my country.
- kaesar14 4y ago
  I mean there's still enough time to pick and choose the food that is making people fat...
  - biomcgary 4y ago
    In my experience, most large grocery stores funnel customers past the produce section first. So, if people simply grabbed the first edible things that they saw. . . However, I have lived primarily in rural and suburban areas of the US, so I don't know if that is generally the case.
    - atdrummond 4y ago
      That’s the case in nearly every proper supermarket I’ve ever visited on pretty much every continent. The only exception seems to be bodega-like corner stores.
    - MichaelCollins 4y ago
      It's the same way in urban grocery stores in the US. Produce is at the front, next to the entrance. Junk food is furthest from the entrance, in the back row of aisles. I assume the grocer logic is something like "make them walk past and consider all the other stuff before they get to what they really want (junk food)"
- atdrummond 4y ago
  I was able to eat mostly fruit and veg for free from food banks that took maybe 15 min a day to visit. I also was not slovenly not working, I just didn’t have good habits to get out of my situation thanks to extreme mental illness and addiction. (Both of which are thankfully well under control now.)
- bombcar 4y ago
  How did you cook a salad.