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Donatella, the fun part is when they change or just completely obliterate the dates on expired items and then put it back on the shelf/in the refrigerator case for sale. Ah, good times.
The only reason bodegas are allowed to take EBT is because nabe where there are a higher conentration of recipients don’t have as many shopping options.
ishtar,
All we need to do now in New York is
to allow the bodegas to take EBT for Lotto,
I guess it would simply be considered a smaller
version of how our National Debt is handled
by the feds.
underwear IS cheaper in the hood so are socks. when i lived in harlem socks were so cheap that i never washed them, i just thru them out! it wasnt worth washing them. sounds so wasteful now, but i couldnt be asked to do laundry back then. i lived in harlem 5 months and i only did laundry (brought it to the fluff and fold cuz the laundry room in my building was run by little old ladies hahah) like THREE times.
“i also dont like the argument of poor people are too tired from working all day when they get home to shop for healthy groceries. um what? and non poor people dont work all day too?!”
rob- but there is more choice in richer neighborhoods, and more stores. Also, poor people depend on public transportation more often- it’s a nightmare getting groceries home on the bus or train.
It’s crazy…the State/City is always pushing for those on public assistance to make healthier choices with food in terms of using their EBT cards, then, instead of pushing for increased supermarket presence, they allow the use of EBT cards at bodegas where the best you can get are some effing doritos, 12 year old beans, Lipton cup-o-soup and a pack of smashed oreos. Unbelievable.
Snappy: I could fall out of my apartment and into a grocery store, but you couldn’t pay me to shop there. Nasty expired food, high prices, nasty owners, etc.
This may be a measure of how I was traumatized by that Chillhill person with the blog, but I feel like looking around my shoulder when I say this but….when I moved to my Fort Greene/Clinton hill border house, the food within walking distance was the above. Sour milk, old eggs, grey beef, brown chicken, dusty cans, old, expired, dead, smelly, expensive.
quote:
Most poor neighborhoods don’t have a well-priced chain grocery store anywhere nearby, which is why folks are at the mercy of the bodegas and the prices they charge.
well they could just order from Fresh Direct on their expensive blackberries and ipods? kidding kidding
Donatella, the fun part is when they change or just completely obliterate the dates on expired items and then put it back on the shelf/in the refrigerator case for sale. Ah, good times.
By ishtar on October 6, 2010 5:04 PM
The only reason bodegas are allowed to take EBT is because nabe where there are a higher conentration of recipients don’t have as many shopping options.
ishtar,
All we need to do now in New York is
to allow the bodegas to take EBT for Lotto,
I guess it would simply be considered a smaller
version of how our National Debt is handled
by the feds.
underwear IS cheaper in the hood so are socks. when i lived in harlem socks were so cheap that i never washed them, i just thru them out! it wasnt worth washing them. sounds so wasteful now, but i couldnt be asked to do laundry back then. i lived in harlem 5 months and i only did laundry (brought it to the fluff and fold cuz the laundry room in my building was run by little old ladies hahah) like THREE times.
*rob*
I’m not saying a word.
“Have you ever overpaid for a new pickle?”
If it comes with a turtleneck it’s worth more.
“i also dont like the argument of poor people are too tired from working all day when they get home to shop for healthy groceries. um what? and non poor people dont work all day too?!”
rob- but there is more choice in richer neighborhoods, and more stores. Also, poor people depend on public transportation more often- it’s a nightmare getting groceries home on the bus or train.
“So you’re saying you agree with me then?”
No, Marie Antoinette, I most certainly do NOT agree with you. Doesn’t mean I can’t laugh a little.
It’s crazy…the State/City is always pushing for those on public assistance to make healthier choices with food in terms of using their EBT cards, then, instead of pushing for increased supermarket presence, they allow the use of EBT cards at bodegas where the best you can get are some effing doritos, 12 year old beans, Lipton cup-o-soup and a pack of smashed oreos. Unbelievable.
Snappy: I could fall out of my apartment and into a grocery store, but you couldn’t pay me to shop there. Nasty expired food, high prices, nasty owners, etc.
This may be a measure of how I was traumatized by that Chillhill person with the blog, but I feel like looking around my shoulder when I say this but….when I moved to my Fort Greene/Clinton hill border house, the food within walking distance was the above. Sour milk, old eggs, grey beef, brown chicken, dusty cans, old, expired, dead, smelly, expensive.
quote:
Most poor neighborhoods don’t have a well-priced chain grocery store anywhere nearby, which is why folks are at the mercy of the bodegas and the prices they charge.
well they could just order from Fresh Direct on their expensive blackberries and ipods? kidding kidding
*rob*