With so Many Residents on Food Stamps, why are there food deserts in New York City?

[Zincwarrior]

I've lived here my entire life.

I am just amazed you can get trucks in there...

So Bodegas are like our 7/11s or Valero gas station convenience stores?

 

[martybegan]

I am just amazed you can get trucks in there...

So Bodegas are like our 7/11s or Valero gas station convenience stores?

We have 7/11's and gas station stores as well. It depends on what part of the city you are in.

 

[Seymour Flops]

I am just amazed you can get trucks in there...

So Bodegas are like our 7/11s or Valero gas station convenience stores?

They are now. They used to be neighborhood grocery stores where you could walk from your house, buy bread, milk, and fresh vegatables and then visit the butcher next door for your meat.

Now, they are basically convenience stores with the high prices, and lack of selection of healthy foods, and emphasis on beer, and flavored wines. Nothing wrong with that, in the age of supermarkets, but New York won't allow supermarkets so their neighborhoods become "food deserts," and it's all Trump's fault!

 

[Zincwarrior]

They are now. They used to be neighborhood grocery stores where you could walk from your house, buy bread, milk, and fresh vegatables and then visit the butcher next door for your meat.

Now, they are basically convenience stores with the high prices, and lack of selection of healthy foods, and emphasis on beer, and flavored wines. Nothing wrong with that, in the age of supermarkets, but New York won't allow supermarkets so their neighborhoods become "food deserts," and it's all Trump's fault!

New York won't allow supermarkets? This is a question not a criticism. AGain, I am Texan hence my query.

 

[Seymour Flops]

New York won't allow supermarkets? This is a question not a criticism. AGain, I am Texan hence my query.

I'm a Texan also, so I'm not claiming to personally know what is going on in New York. Here is my source:

Why Are There No Walmarts in New York City?

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Why are there no Walmart stores in New York City?

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I have read other posters here claiming that there are Targets, which are supermarkets, but more upscale, and with more emphasis on general merchandize with the food as an afterthought.

 

[martybegan]

I'm a Texan also, so I'm not claiming to personally know what is going on in New York. Here is my source:

Why Are There No Walmarts in New York City?

Photo via Walmart Corporate *** Walmart is one of the biggest retailers in the United States—with more than 11,500 stores and 1.5 million associates—operating grocery stores, supermarkets, hyperma…

fordhampoliticalreview.org

Why are there no Walmart stores in New York City?

The reasons behind Walmart cannot be found in New York City...

en.as.com

I have read other posters here claiming that there are Targets, which are supermarkets, but more upscale, and with more emphasis on general merchandize with the food as an afterthought.

Plenty of Supermarkets. Stop&Shop, Metfood, and others.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Plenty of Supermarkets. Stop&Shop, Metfood, and others.

So New York City has no food deserts?

 

[citygator]

And the new guy wants to end all that. Adams at least tries, the commie is gonna ***** slap the NYPD.

I am not sure you are a good predictor of what will happen in NYC. You dont even know that the crime rate is low.

 

[martybegan]

So New York City has no food deserts?

I've been in the worst neighborhoods and there has always been a block with a bodega and some mini-market.

 

[martybegan]

I am not sure you are a good predictor of what will happen in NYC. You dont even know that the crime rate is low.

Again, people have given up on reporting certain crimes, because it doesn't result in any prosecution.

I live in NYC, and people are worried we are going back to the bad old days with this moron.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

So New York City has no food deserts?

If the stores expect you to pay for the food, the left considers that a food desert.

 

[martybegan]

If the stores expect you to pay for the food, the left considers that a food desert.

Especially if their prices are higher because they have to offset the theft and vandalism found in poorer neighborhoods.

 

[Seymour Flops]

I've been in the worst neighborhoods and there has always been a block with a bodega and some mini-market.

I think that the argument is that such small stores stock junk food, alcohol, cigarettes, and lotto (if they have that in New York), rather than healthy food.

 

[martybegan]

I think that the argument is that such small stores stock junk food, alcohol, cigarettes, and lotto (if they have that in New York), rather than healthy food.

That's any 7/11 or gas station store as well.

They stock what the people want to buy. It's not just poor neighborhoods that you have to travel a bit to get to a more sizable grocer, market, or even supermarket.

 

[citygator]

Again, people have given up on reporting certain crimes, because it doesn't result in any prosecution.

I live in NYC, and people are worried we are going back to the bad old days with this moron.

Made up story.

 

[Zincwarrior]

That's any 7/11 or gas station store as well.

They stock what the people want to buy. It's not just poor neighborhoods that you have to travel a bit to get to a more sizable grocer, market, or even supermarket.

Growing up, we lived 20 miles from the nearest grocery.

 

[martybegan]

Made up story.

Reality on the ground. They can present all the figures they can, but the trend is in the wrong direction.

Adams was a former police officer, so at least with him he is trying. It also depends on the DA for the county in question.

Bronx and Manhattan DA's are more concerned with the well being of criminals and political prosecutions than prosecuting actual crime.

Now add this **** in as the Mayor and even the current NYPD level of effort will plummet.

 

[citygator]

You guys really crack me up. It’s not a right or left thing. It’s economics. Answers aren’t always easy. Left on its own, capitalism is exploitive. Deciding where to moderate capitalism is the role of the people through its elected leaders. Balancing local businesses, low prices, high rent, high land value, high wages, low inflation doesn’t work together. Sometimes you have to make choices.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Left on its own, capitalism is exploitive.

Left on its own? You mean with no customers?

 

[citygator]

Reality on the ground. They can present all the figures they can, but the trend is in the wrong direction.

Adams was a former police officer, so at least with him he is trying. It also depends on the DA for the county in question.

Bronx and Manhattan DA's are more concerned with the well being of criminals and political prosecutions than prosecuting actual crime.

Now add this **** in as the Mayor and even the current NYPD level of effort will plummet.

NYPD ANNOUNCES SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH OF MAJOR CRIME DECLINE IN APRIL 2025

NYPD ANNOUNCES SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH OF MAJOR CRIME DECLINE IN APRIL 2025

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