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hunter

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4. Yes. I think I live in a "gritty" neighborhood because...

Mon Mar 23, 2015, 11:44 AM

Mar 2015

... I frequently have to paint over gang graffiti on my back wall, there's a lot of older cars parked in people's driveways, maybe a third of the homes have "extended" families or unrelated people living in them, and nearly half the kids in the public schools don't speak English as their primary language at home.

But everyone except the small homeless population (some who camp within walking distance of my home) has electric lighting, indoor plumbing connected to a clean reliable water source, and a modern sewage system that treats sewage to such an extent that it can be reused for agriculture, and would even be safe to bathe in or drink if people could get over the fact it was recycled sewage. That alone is almost unimaginable wealth to most people on earth.

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If you live near a Whole Foods [View all] Recursion Mar 2015 OP

I'm kicking and recommending this short list... hunter Mar 2015 #1

The worldwide cutoff income for "the 1%" is like $24K Recursion Mar 2015 #3

Yes. I think I live in a "gritty" neighborhood because... hunter Mar 2015 #4

Who hates TED talks? Oktober Mar 2015 #2

That's an interesting list. LWolf Mar 2015 #5

I think between the ex military ex husband and daughter in law with the meth problem, bettyellen Mar 2015 #6

For tptb, LWolf Mar 2015 #9

Treating education like a big corporate business is loathsome. hunter Mar 2015 #13

Yes. LWolf Mar 2015 #16

I'm less of the problem than some smug TED asshole preaching to 1%ers. nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2015 #7

Wealth privilege gollygee Mar 2015 #8

Including the location of a Whole Foods is a strange critera Revanchist Mar 2015 #10

I agree. Perhaps *shopping* mostly at Whole Foods would be a better marker. Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #11

I haven't been there in awhile either Revanchist Mar 2015 #12

Sorta depends on the bulk item. Beans are generally cheaper by the bag in other stores Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #18

i find those who do mostly shop in whole foods to be out of touch , by that i mean those who do most JI7 Mar 2015 #14

Lets look at the inverse and see how insulting it is... whatthehey Mar 2015 #15

Good point. Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #19

The problem with his talk is that all of his points apply to himself, yet he preachs as if they Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #17