Originally Posted by maleficent

it's not just poor people - -I lived in upper manhattan for a bunch of years - not in an slum -- but it definitely wasn't the Yupper west side.. it was working people - living in a reasonable area... in my immediate area... there were no grocery stores... the only thing around were the corner bodegas - In the summer months the bodegas might have fresh vegetables - in the winter - forget it -- fresh meats were not possible to get-- if you wanted meats - it'd be the processed variety... if you didn't have a car - getting to a grocery store was next to impossible...

When i lived downtown - it wasn't much better- but at least then I could take the path train over to nj -and use m y little old lady shopping cart

NYC doesn't have a plethora of real grocery stores that are in accessible areas.