Today talking to people in both McDonalds and the Union square green market I got some more insight into what I had already believed. Upon walking into McDonalds the atmosphere is one of greasy food, hurried eating and slightly off smelling people…everything on the menu is hundreds of calories. When we approached people to ask them some questions one gave us a rather nasty attitude and the other said it was convenient, that’s why the ate there. Just as I had suspected. Also these people didn’t look like the wealthiest of people, dressed in slightly dirty old clothes and not looking cleanly groomed. In union square you get a lot of homeless people, junkies, kids and teens, and as someone who had spent a lot of time in both union square as a whole and in that McDonalds, those are the people you see most often in that McDonalds. They go there because they can afford it, its right there, and to taste buds that haven’t had a lot of organic food it tastes good.
The people we saw in the farmers market were just the opposite. They were all mostly friendly and gladly answered our questions. Generally, again based on my previous experiences in Union Square, the people I described in the previous paragraph avoid the green market going around the square to avoid the crowds. The people who were and usually are shopping there are more well dressed, groomed, and grown than those who go to McDonalds and this probably has to do with why they are there buying organic food instead of that fake junk. In the grand scheme of most people income the green market is probably affordable, but to the many people who don’t have money it is an unattainable option.
If healthy food was offered at affordable prices to everyone, even those homeless junkies and kids could eat healthy with out emptying their pockets. This would not only probably lead to healthier homeless people and I in turn less un acknowledged deaths on New York’s mean streets, but also a healthier generation of children and in turn and healthier future.
When you go other countries you can taste the difference between the American foods. In France even the McDonalds tastes healthier. Less fatty and greasy and salty and sugary. Even McDonalds! It really makes me wonder why they are poisoning America? And I quickly find the answer. It’s these capitalists. But do they not realize, that all that money will mean nothing if society should die! If they continue to force this poison upon us to fill up their pockets and garages and closets. How come a 17-year-old girl and figure that out and these supposed leaders cant?
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