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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (599359)	1/31/2011 2:39:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575605

Ted, > No you don't know what its like to be really poor nor have you ever been in an inner city supermarket. Wrong and wrong. > You could go into a Vallarta's supermarket. The place smells so bad you want to throw up and the veggies look like the ones that fell off the truck. Don't even talk to me about the meats. There is very little quality......and yet, the prices aren't cheap because of high insurance costs and the lack of competition. There are plenty of better, cheaper supermarkets all around southern California, even in the poorer parts. There may well be better stores, but if you don't have a car or only have access to one car, getting to those places can be problematical. And the truth be known, people from the barrio are not particularly comfortable in places like Bristol Farms or even a Safeway in Pasadena. For some odd reason, you are taking one experience you had and pretending it's the rule among the poor. That doesn't jibe with what I've seen. NYC, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Oakland, I've been to the poor areas and I've been to the supermarkets there. It's not nearly as bad as you make it sound. I have been to poor markets in NYC and LA. However, the issues I raised are typical of most big inner cities. That would not be Seattle or Portland but definitely Roxbury, the Harlems in NYC and South Central and East LA. Nor are the poor confined to these areas that you think are just as bad as that Vallarta supermarket (but are not). They get around. They shop wherever buses can take them. In fact, they can't afford not to take advantage of whatever deals they can That's not the reality I saw. You tell me how a mother or father from a family of six takes a bus carrying 6 bags of groceries and I will make you Man of the Year. And that also assumes they are educated enough to know what the better the foods, the better one's health and that better foods can be found in better neighborhoods.