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[quote=Anonymous]I've been delivering meals for 6 years to public housing and have gotten to know not only the clients, but their neighbors.

For the neighbors who aren't getting meals from me, most don't have cars. A large number of them have illnesses that make walking and even standing to cook or heat meals very difficult. More than a few are blind and it's hard to work the microwave.

The nearest store is over 1.5 miles away - a Dollar General and a gas station. Over 3 miles round trip.

There is a food bank 1 mile away, but that means walking 2 miles total while you are carrying an oxygen tank, or struggling with Parkinson's. And then carrying the heavy box of food back. It's also hilly.

These people have trouble walking to the apartment office to get their mail.

There's a town bus that is an hour loop. That means a minimum of 2 hours to get to a grocery store. 1 hour of riding and 1 hour of shopping. However, you have to be able to walk to the office and be able to carry all your groceries back on the bus.

You can't bring a hand cart on the bus, if the grocery is at the beginning of the loop for you, then frozen is sitting out for over an hour & your milk is getting warm. And if you are physically challenged, how are you going to carry multiple bags of groceries and heavy gallons of milk back up the hill from the office to your apartment?

Some people have told me they can't use the bus because they can't climb the stairs to get on and it's not a medical bus with attendants.

Now imagine dragging all those heavy vegetables that everyone wants them to buy from Dollar General (instead of potato chips) back home over 1.5 miles, up and down hills. After you already walked 1.5 miles to get there.

Some of them have lost their IDs during the upheaval of their lives. The nearest DMV is 2 miles away and appointments are never available, even months out. Plus you need a computer and internet and luck to nab an appointment, which most of these people don't have.

To replace an ID, they would have to walk 2 miles at 5am to get in line. If you're carrying oxygen, do you think they can also carry a folding chair? Then can't stand in line for long, and when it opens at 8am, they take a few people and hopefully get to the rest by noon.

So guess who's not voting if they happen to lose their ID? The voting office is further to walk to, but at least they can get a free ID to vote. That is if they can walk over 4 miles round trip to vote.

When they can get a ride to the Dr on the medical bus, I guess their Dr knows them and doesn't ask for their ID every visit.

Life is so hard for people in poverty and often dealing with an illness. I feel so guilty driving by these neighbors while I'm taking meals to others. But I can't pick them up for insurance reasons. They are struggling to bring home whatever food they can get from Dollar General and the gas station and they are exhausted.

And MAGAs want them whipping up recipes, making nutritious meals from the random vegetables the food bank happens to have this week. They just want to grab some canned ravioli and a bag of chips and go back to dealing with their physical ailments or rest up for another long day of work tomorrow. If they're lucky to find a job on the bus route and be able to physically work.[/quote]

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