Comment 76853

By moylek (registered) - website | Posted May 13, 2012 at 09:16:53 in reply to Comment 76852

Honestly, I'm still scratching my head over the seeming 'resistance' to stating an obvious fact: that there's nothing within that area that correlates to other types of purchasing, or activities.

As I said above, it was the use of the highly-loaded term "food desert" which ruffled my feathers. It's an American term imported out of its native context and used by Canadian and British poverty activists - and here I speak broadly and a little bit jocularly - to explain why poor people are fat but still need more money for food from the government and charities.

Take that phrase away from the OP, and I'd have nothing negative to say.

I wish the co-op well. And I'd love to see a normal grocery store (Metro, Fortinos, etc.) in downtown Hamilton.

If we didn't have a Metro in Westdale, I would be very excited about getting a real grocery store - not because this would be a "food desert" without one, but because a grocery store is an important part of a complete retail diet.

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