My neighborhood is currently a food desert, and there's a campaign to open a food co-op. Right now they have a thing going on where if you get 5 new people to buy owner shares, you get a 90-minute massage. I keep bugging everyone I know to sign up, because that would be excellent.
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Steph L. - Apr 15, 2015 6:36:07 am PDT #24520 of 30000
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-t - Apr 15, 2015 6:41:11 am PDT #24521 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That would be excellent. Also, I love co-ops.
meara - Apr 15, 2015 6:49:43 am PDT #24522 of 30000
Being super near grocery stores is something I don't think I could move away from. Visiting my sister they live a 10 minute drive or so from a grocery store and it seemed so ridiculous to have to drive that far!
sj - Apr 15, 2015 6:52:49 am PDT #24523 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I hate the grocery store that is down the street, but I end up going there more often than not anyway because I'm too lazy to go to the ones that are outside of town.
-t - Apr 15, 2015 6:53:42 am PDT #24524 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I live two miles from a grocery store and that seems ridiculously far! But I manage, because waterfront. Although we did suggest in the Specific Plan workshop that bringing a Trader Joe's or something into downtown would be a good idea.
shrift - Apr 15, 2015 6:56:26 am PDT #24525 of 30000
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Argh. I've been looking into all kinds of options for teams and roles. The door has been closed on a thing I was looking into here in Chicago, or at least the door won't be open until much later this year. I have an interview with Dublin in half an a hour. I'll just try to go into it without worrying if I get it.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 15, 2015 7:10:12 am PDT #24526 of 30000
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Without a car I am pretty much in a food desert- I have a small grocery store which is a 20 minute walk, but over a bridge not made for walking so much, a larger grocery store 15 minutes by bus (but the bus only runs once an hour), and Wegman's, the pinnacle of grocery stores, about an hour away by bus (they have only one store remaining within Rochester city limits-- all are now in the suburbs).
Connie Neil - Apr 15, 2015 7:30:51 am PDT #24527 of 30000
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People without a car in my neighborhood have convenience stores for their groceries. There is a supermarket about a mile and a half away, but you have to walk over a complicated bridge/underpass thing that has to be negotiated.
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2015 7:36:46 am PDT #24528 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We drive 15-20 minutes to a Meijer store b/c we like it best, but it would be excellent to have a co-op in the hood. Shit, we have 3 taco places, a bike co-op, a chicken feed store (okay, also general pet food and gardening stuff), and a dang microbrewery opening next week, but no grocery store. Something is wrong with that.
Jesse - Apr 15, 2015 7:40:57 am PDT #24529 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
When I was a mile and a half away from a decent supermarket, I bought a sad amount of food at CVS. I am so used to being able to run out for stuff, having to plan ahead feels like a hardship! Now I walk by the supermarket, CVS, hardware store, etc., on my way home from work, and stop to pick up something more days than not.