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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • What do you mean there are no such things as farmer’s markets?

    What do you mean there are no such things as other grocery chains that isn’t Wal-Mart, Kroger .etc?

    Exactly that, it’s all in the article.

    The only shop is a dollar store.

    All these things you expect are absolutely not a given everywhere.

    Besides, why the fuck would anyone want to live in the smack of no where?

    Predominantly because they don’t have the wealth or income necessary to live anywhere else in most cases. Y’know because of the poverty…?


  • There are absolutely millions in poverty in developed countries like the US who do not have any ability to buy fresh food.

    Being able to eat healthily is a privilege in 2025, which is fucking disgusting, but absolutely true.

    There are towns in America where the only place for a hundred miles they can buy food is a dollar store. These shops don’t typically stock anything fresh or particularly healthy.

    The people there will be too poor to live anywhere else and might be working multiple jobs (as is typical in American poverty) so will not have time/energy to attempt to grow anything themselves

    We are lucky that we can eat healthily, but don’t let yourself think that’s a choice everyone gets