Who the fuck is this asshole??
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Originally Posted by Josh
Haven't you mentioned having to drive long distances to get to anything where you live?
I hope you start arguing some non-existant point next!
not groceries.
At least most grocery stores open into the produce department.
Corner stores are just shelves of high fructose corn syrup and cigarettes.
http://eatbettermovemore.org/SA/enac...Deserts1-4.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/healt...ood_06-03.html
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...elief/?print=1
http://srdc.msstate.edu/ridge/projec...hard_final.pdf
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...99404608007562
http://apps.ams.usda.gov/fooddeserts/foodDeserts.aspx
#2, #3 are specifically about Mississippi. I can keep doing this if you'd like.
Your studies and facts are no match for Mississippi circular logic!
Those articles have some glaring problems and speak in terms of absolutes. A food desert, to them, is defined as an area without a grocery store with fresh food, that is further than 1 mile away. It says nothing of grocery stores that are 10+ miles away. It also says nothing of grocery stores that are in walking distance that carry canned vegetables. There are a lot of foods between the Big Mac and the fresh Cucumber.
You can't attack McDonalds for being too easy to get to but not wonder why that same person can't drive to a grocery store. I question an area that meets the population and income needs to get a McDonalds franchise but can't keep a grocery store. If you have that kind of density, but can't keep one, something is going on.
Secondly, the Delta is rural, but not all places rural are the Delta. The delta is fucked. Its been fucked. It is an amazing American exception of horrible. You can't say "well food deserts" when talking about all of rural America and point to the Delta.
I do not doubt this. There is a distribution problem in the south on vegetables. We grow a lot but it all goes to food distribution points owned by big companies. It is very possible and likely for vegetables to go all the way to Memphis before it comes back down to a local grocery store, driving the price up. Stuff like this makes farmers markets harder to find and support because most of our farmers have been for profit since forever. It was more lucrative to sell to a big company than sell small amounts to separate stores.Quote:
Additionally, over 70% of the low-income population in the Delta traveled 30 or more miles to purchase groceries at supermarkets in an effort to avoid high priced smaller grocers and inadequate quality food sold
at convenience stores and gas stations.
I really have to wonder if this is just another case of white flight.
Because everywhere I've ever lived has had a grocery store. Like the town I grew up in, the grocery store was down the street. Hell, we had two! And the population was just 300-400. Everywhere else, you could get to one in at least 10-15 minutes driving. Often less.
If an area doesn't have one, its because no one with the money wants to run one in your area. Or the population is too low to support the cost of trucking the food in.