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Old 07-23-2008, 04:21 PM   #86 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jorgelito View Post
JJ, there are some places 9neighborhoods) that don't have grocery stores period. Hence, no produce.
Quite true--West and North Philly are two places that I know of (from personal experience--measuring this exact phenomenon on a study of fresh produce availability in low-income Philadelphia) that are produce deserts, basically. The only fresh food I saw in those 100 or so grocery stores that I surveyed were onions, potatoes, and (usually old) tomatoes. And those were the "good" stores.
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