Comments by "Grandmaĺovesmebest" (@sunshineandwarmth) on "Actual Justice Warrior"
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It is very hard when there's no ŵalkablè grocery in a low income neighborhood. Usually, when a grocery, especially an older grocery, closes down or moves out of such an area, the next place one opens is in a more commercial area that can only be accessed by bus or car. Or, the new store may only be accessible by a walk of @ a mile across a couple highways.
Once in TX, where the walkable grocery was nearby 2 large senior complexes (one private, where residents had family members who would bring them groceries, or had a restaurant in the facility) and a subsidized senior complex where, if ppl were poor enough and didn't have family, they were provided w assts who would shop for them, otherwise they better be able to walk a long way, bc no buses went down the busy highway to the Walmart. They did go past it, but from either direction the bus stop was about a mile away.
Same thing happened in FL in an area that became crime ridden. There was a little plaza w a few shops & a major grocery wi blocks of apt bldgs, but when crime became too heavy, every shop closed.
The only grocery, again, was at the Walmart, however, to get there, ppl had to take a bus, then transfer to another bus. The second bus always left about a minute before the first bus arrived, then the next one didn't come for an hour. It was not the safest place for old ppl to wait. Luckily, at the time, there was a bench to wait on.
It does seem that, for their own safety and profit, town shops, and transport is set up to escape the poor areas and, unfortunately, thats usually where the elderly live too.
I'm not saying any business should accommodate any population, I'm just saying these are the situations ppl face trying to survive.
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