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“Who wants to drag all those bags on the bus and then to the train?”
It’s not fun, but for good food at a decent price, it’s worth the effort. 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. Is it easier to go there instead of Fairway, C-Town and AC Pathmark? Yes. Is the convenience worth the higher price and questionable products? For me, the answer is a resounding No.
“they don’t have Fox News up in Canada
bacuase it’s censored.”
You sure it isn’t because Canadians refuse to watch crappy TV?
“If one is comparing a bodega in a poorer neighbourhood to a chain grocery store in another neighbourhood, the results may be different – but that’s not a real comparison.”
But that’s also the point, Biff. 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.
tho i guess if they are working hard hardwork jobs then yeah maybe they might be tired i guess.
*rob*
Ditto, yes, many do, but clearly not enough of them or else those high prices crap-selling stores would not continue to flourish the way they do.
LOL jackal
I know one thing,
underwear and diapers are cheaper in the hood.
I don’t know what socioeconomic implications
that leads to.
price gouging in poor neighborhoods DOES occur, but not at ALL places and not for ALL food products.
my groceries (normal groceries. non junk food, non fancy) always felt cheaper than they do now in park slope. but food prices in the last 2 years have sky rocketed in general as well so it’s hard to tell. when i lived in chelsea i used to shop at balducci’s (i know a big WTF?) and everything seemed insanely expensive (for normal groceries non fancy).
now i just shop at associated and i guess the prices are okay.
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*
Arkady re your 4:26 PM post,
Yes, that was a “happening” place when you were there. Sounds as if you met Bob Dylan, along with the others mentioned.