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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rich people don't know that it's difficult to eat well and healthily if you live in a food desert.  [/quote]

I HATE phrases like 'food desert'. People have feet.[/quote]

So a single mom with kids is supposed to walk to the store (how many miles?). Does she use a stroller to push her kids or does she strap them to her back/front and have those 4+ walk? Because once she loads up on all that healthy, fresh food, she is “using her feet” to lug food and kids back to her home.  The ignorance of this post is exactly the point. [/quote]

I push three kids in a stroller 2 miles for groceries and tuck the groceries into the rack and a backpack[/quote]

And I am sure that it is uphill both ways![/quote]

No. It is pretty flat.  I walk from the edge of Ballston to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods in Clarendon.   Many areas in the Metro area  do not require pushing strollers uphill.   Are food deserts only in hilly areas?  [/quote]

I can just imagine you in your Lululemon and your Uppababy running to Whole Foods so that  you can get a few more steps on your Fitbit and picking up a few bottles of Kombucha and ingredients for dinner. That is exactly the same as walking out of the core of a city through dangerous areas into an unfamiliar neighborhood to shop at the store that you can't even afford.

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I'm a nurses aid and take care of the elderly in their homes and wear a uniform. .  I do this so two of my kids who aren't in school can come to work with me.  My employers know this is a condition of employment.  I live in a 2 bed APAH apartment and don't have a car so we walk to work but it is closer.  I pick up my son from school and the four of us walk two or three times a week to get some groceries. I use those two stores because people give me gift cards to them.  The rest of the time, I go with a neighbor to Shoppers.  sorry I'm not poor enough for you. I was just saying that people do walk to stores with kids in strollers. [/quote]

Who gives you gift cards to Trader Joes and a Whole Foods, on a regular basis? Just curious.[/quote]

My employers.  I generally work for people whose kids hire me directly.  They obviously know I bring my kids to work with me and frequently "tip" me with these cards.  I would prefer cash or cards from stores like Shoppers or Giant, but they shop at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's and seem to find it easy to pick them up while doing their shopping.   If there are multiple kids involved in overseeing the care of their parents, they will often give me what averages a card or two a week. They may be for $20 but it helps.  [/quote]

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