alt Hacker NewsI'm happy you don't live in a food desert, live in a good neighborhood and have the means to move somewhere else if you wanted to. Not everyone has these advantages. I think we can all agree that these are good things and I hope we will do what we can to allow others enjoy them as well, because no one chooses to be in that situation, but it is largely a policy choice to keep it that way.
> and have the means to move somewhere else if you wanted to. Not everyone has these advantages.
I debated posting because this is the usual response, instead of seeing the point as, "we" continue to create this society not some magical "others". I am where I am because of my choices + the lucky draw of loving computers and a dedicated family that scrapped and saved and sacrificed to buy me my own computer as a teenager which helped me move out of the situation I was born in. And even that was better than many of the people I grew up with. So no, this wasnt some privileged post of someone who never walked 2+ miles to the corner store with their friend to pick up a half gallon of milk and pasty white "bread" with food stamps so they could have sandwiches for dinner. [added: while this situation sounds bad it's better than where they (and many of my other friends) came from as they could have been deported back to there if found]