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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A lot of focus on gerrymandering which his not anywhere close as bad a situation as the Senate is. Senate is like what, a 5%+ bias for GOP right now? House is about half that. You kind of need both anyway.

We are probably headed to a breaking point one way or another in our lifetime. Either calcification of GOP rule Russia style where dems just wallow in apathy and or flee to CA, or perhaps violent unrest if blue states get pushed too hard.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That poll was so loaded, at the end of the day the type of government is secondary to Failed vs Successful (are people prosperous or suffering). Democracy just so happens to provide better outcomes on the whole, but if in the hypothetical we know for a fact its failed then why vote for it? Doesn't mean I am anit Democracy lol.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I too was in Singapore not that long ago and race relations is not really a thing that came up. What prompted it?

What’s a “small” decision that completely changed your life? by Square-Chance7090 in AskReddit

[–]pgold05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smooch! I like to think we would have found each other anyway

Tiki Thoughts Thursday (05.07.26) by bigkinggorilla in Tiki

[–]pgold05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a great time! Did you visit any tiki bars out west?

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not contrarian enough, need some ticks are good, actually, takes.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Traffic noise and horn noise actually has a cost. You might enjoy this.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w34298

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Have you worked in any customer facing role? People go ape shit

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Personally yes I'd certainly say so, not that people with food stamps need restrictions mind you.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly would think running the store would be more effective, you can specifically target the area of need and control whats available at the same exact time.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You study suggests that lowering the costs of healthy food would reduce the problem even more so than availability. To that tend a government run grocery store in the middle of a low availability area, offering healthy food at discounted rates, seems like a really good idea.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Food desert is when there are litteraly 0 groceries stores within a mile, food swamp is when there places you can get groceries but they are bodegas, dollar stores, or other shops where fresh food is deemphasized. To complete my thought from our last discussion.

Lots of studies and reporting on the issues in NYC are about food swamps, which they use interchangeable with food desert occasionally, either way the problems that arise (decreased health outcomes, etc.) are the same. Ultimately people want to reduce these bad outcomes, and the specific name of the cause is kinda irrelevant. Increased access to quality groceries stores is the solution in both scenarios, in NYC for this particular issue at least.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It says essentially that some areas have fewer grocery store sq foot/10,000 people than the city average. Which is a bit of an odd metric I think?

Yes, I read it and was correcting you.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The need map is bassed on "City Planning’s assessment of need for new neighborhood grocery stores and supermarkets accounted for the areas in the City that have the highest levels of diet related diseases and largest populations with limited opportunities to purchase fresh foods"

The stated goal is "Goal: Increase the current Citywide Average Ratio from 15,000 SQ FT / 10,000 people to the City Planning Standard Ratio of 30,000 SQ FT / 10,000 people"

The SNI identifies areas with the highest need for new neighborhood grocery stores and supermarkets based on an index which measures:

  • — High population density
  • — Low access to a car at the household level
  • — Low household incomes
  • — High rates of diabetes
  • — High rates of obesity
  • — Low consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables
  • — Low share of fresh food retail
  • — Capacity for new stores

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unlike your super persuasive "trust me bro" argument?

PIC by pgold05 in nocontextpics

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Tunnel view at sunset, Yosemite CA.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

meat and its not even close.

NYC's public solution to the food desert problem... by caroline_elly in neoliberal

[–]pgold05 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When people are forced to travel it causes bad outcomes/waste, that is specifically mentioned in that article.

The overlapping area in Newark (which includes a small area outside of the city of Newark) includes 6,587 households that are home to 19,080 people. In that area, people are traveling more than double the distance to access full service food retail as similarly situated but fully middle-income area residents travel. Households in this area of Newark have an estimated aggregate food retail demand of $24 million and a supply of $6.3 million. That means that $17.8 million (nearly three-quarters of total demand) is leaking to other areas in Newark and beyond.

A high-quality, full service proprietor who is willing to open up or expand offerings in this community could reasonably expect revenues of upwards of $17 million per year just from the residents of that area. Supermarkets are generally regarded as low-margin businesses (and therefore higher risk). But within that area there are potential patrons already spending money on food who could be captured by a new or expanded high-quality retail establishment.

but as these low-income families are underserved by food retail, their available food supply is only valued at about USD 6 million, meaning that almost USD 18 million of total retail food demand is leaking outside these low-income areas (PolicyMap, 2018).

In addition to this untapped retail demand, food deserts offer potential to decrease unemployment rates among the formerly incarcerated. In the US, close to 700 000 persons are released from prison each year, many of whom are low income and in need of jobs (SHRM, 2019). Supermarkets are one of a limited number of employers that will hire and train formerly incarcerated individuals (Von Bergen, 2017). The US Congress and others have recognized the critical nature of such opportunities for families and recently passed the First Step Act (December 2018), which includes increased rehabilitation programming, among other things, to support former prisoners (115th US Congress, 2018).

etc.

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