Am I better off eating fast food?
Posted by: innercitykitchen on: November 8, 2009
I woke up this morning not feeling well but I sucked it up, got on my bike and road the 20 minutes it takes to get to my office. While riding I saw an older Hispanic woman, about 60, getting on the bus groceries and child in hand. For some of us this is a normal, everyday sight to see but have you ever thought about how hard it must be to take groceries on the bus, let alone with a child? It gets better, what if you had to travel 8 miles on 2 buses with 2 small children to shop at a grocery store outside of your community just so you can buy food that isn’t expired or spoiled.
So what happens when you’re not able to go to a grocery store 8 miles away by bus? Well there is always the quick fix solution we all lean towards……FAST FOOD!! I remember when getting a happy meal was almost as exciting as going to Disneyland, ok maybe not Disneyland but you get my point. Fast Food has become our home away from home and the more fast food restaurants that are built up just means more grocery stores are torn down. You won’t believe some of the things I have found during my research this week. It is so outrageous I have decided to save it for next week and go undercover to expose to you what is really going on in our city.
Check out this video I found on YouTube about Deserted South LA foods
And don’t forget to check us out next week to see what we at Inner City Kitchen found during my undercover research experiment in Los Angeles grocery stores and Americas Fast Food monopoly revealed.
2 Responses to "Am I better off eating fast food?"
November 18, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I agree this is crazy! You see so many fast food chains popping up essentially everywhere and it has become such a norm for so many people as the young lady said in the video, for some to eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner if they wanted to. I too have the threat of diabetes that runs in my family and have watched my diet to make sure I don’t have to live with it because it is not an easy lifestyle. Healthy food should be our norm which will result in healthier people. It’s sad to see kids who lack a well balanced diet and are bigger today than they were when i was growing up. It has to stop somewhere. Keep up the good work ICK!
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November 14, 2009 at 1:07 am
This is so crazy. I see people everyday (myself included) on the bus or subway with their groceries, furniture and anything else you can think of. New Yorkers don’t necessarily need a car but I could never imagine lugging half the things I do here, in LA. Praying for the day that they replace McDonald’s with Trader Joes, or something similar. Healthy food at affordable prices.