stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1551arrow-down1external-link'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery store to address 'food deserts' after giants like Walmart and Whole Foods shutter storesfinance.yahoo.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUncle_Iroh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down18·1 year agoStop it! There’s no more straws left! No, it means they’ll have to get in a car and drive to the next location, hopefully without stealing from there too.
minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoNot everyone in poor areas has a car. Or easy access to one, or the spare money for gas to drive out of their way to find a grocery store. “Food deserts are most common in low socio-economic areas, where residents are unlikely to own a car or have one that is not always working.”
minus-squarestopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe real Uncle Iroh would not like you, to put it mildly.
minus-squareUncle_Iroh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·1 year agoAh yes the real fictional character.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago Accused me of straw Manning Proceeds to assume everyone has a car
minus-squareUncle_Iroh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 year agoRead the thread before you comment lol
Stop it! There’s no more straws left!
No, it means they’ll have to get in a car and drive to the next location, hopefully without stealing from there too.
Not everyone in poor areas has a car. Or easy access to one, or the spare money for gas to drive out of their way to find a grocery store.
“Food deserts are most common in low socio-economic areas, where residents are unlikely to own a car or have one that is not always working.”
Then stop stealing
The real Uncle Iroh would not like you, to put it mildly.
Ah yes the real fictional character.
You know what I mean.
Read the thread before you comment lol