meant to tell you that i've been thinking a LOT about this post lately. I live in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, and it's not one of those gentrifying hipster lower middle class neighborhoods where people wear trucker hats and delivery jackets so they can look working class. the only places to buy food around here are Shop n' Bag, Shop Rite and Acme. The best bargain is the Wonder Bread outlet. 2 loaves of Wonder "whole grain white," $2.40. We shop at the Russian immigrant produce market across the street from there and we do pretty well on fruit & veggies. it's amazing how the majority of people around here are really fat and out of shape, as if they're eating more, and my next-door-neighbor's mother just had to have both of her legs amputated because of diabetes. and this area doesn't have a Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or Starbucks. Think it has something to do with image?
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Date: 2007-01-30 06:44 pm (UTC)I live in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, and it's not one of those gentrifying hipster lower middle class neighborhoods where people wear trucker hats and delivery jackets so they can look working class. the only places to buy food around here are Shop n' Bag, Shop Rite and Acme. The best bargain is the Wonder Bread outlet. 2 loaves of Wonder "whole grain white," $2.40. We shop at the Russian immigrant produce market across the street from there and we do pretty well on fruit & veggies. it's amazing how the majority of people around here are really fat and out of shape, as if they're eating more, and my next-door-neighbor's mother just had to have both of her legs amputated because of diabetes.
and this area doesn't have a Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or Starbucks. Think it has something to do with image?