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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

One shining example;

There are three 7-11s, a couple of independent convenience stores and several fast food joints within a half mile from my 'hood. Why? Section 8 housing a block over, that's why. Poor people, who can't afford to own a car, only shop at stores they can walk to. I see them all day long carrying small bags toward McDonald Manor, an apartment complex with few vehicles in the parking lot. (Section 8) The "food" is mostly junk and prices in the stores are ridiculous, but they get it, because the locals have little choice. Who in the hell is going to walk two miles to Food Lion or five miles to Walmart to carry everything all the way back in their arms? No one, that's who.

So, yes, being poor is expensive and unhealthy unless one lives somewhere where he can grow his own food.

Dave

The poor also pay the highest insurance premiums, cannot buy in bulk, and get charged the highest interest rates.