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Originally Posted by raeanna74
The arguement for poor folk that junk food is cheaper than healthy food is stupidity. A carton of eggs is way cheaper than a bag of chips. A head of lettuce and a bag of carrots will a salad for the whole family for less money than a Hungry-Man TV dinner would. It takes some intelligence and a lack of laziness to make it work but it's possible.
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The problem is availability, not cost. In many poor neighborhoods in NYC, they are completely lacking in any sort of local grocery store beyond the corner store, which might sell a couple of apples. Due to limited transportation, getting to a real supermarket or a market where produce is sold and then carting those things home is just not practical. The same is true for much of the inner city in the United States, so they fall back on junk food. The fact is, major grocers aren't interested in opening stores in the inner city, and so the people who live there suffer. The New York Times coveres issues in food economics and community food security such as this on a fairly regular basis.