trener1 wrote:
NYC is not awash in food, sorry but that is flat out wrong.
There are 2 huge supermarkets that I shop at in Brooklyn, Fairway and Path Mark, and they are both still closed due to flooding, no I am not starving as there are other smaller stores that are open but you are totally mistaken in that statement.
There are lots of high rise buildings in lower Manhattan that have no running water, no power, no way for the elderly to get up or down to buy food nor anywhere to store food without a working refrigerator, I doubt they will agree that "NYC is awash in food".
As for football, as other have mentioned it isn't the same at all, I don't think anyone has a problem with the game on Sunday.
That's why I said city wide, your Fairway and Pathmark, the high rises in lower Manhattan they're all examples of the distribution problems I also mentioned. I am not gloating and I'm not incorrect when I say there is no noticeable impact on food supply in upper Manhattan where I'm working (with Seamlessweb open and none of my top 20 restaurants closed), or in North Brooklyn where, since Sandy, we've eaten out twice, done a Grocery shop once and are getting a huge Fresh Direct delivery tomorrow. THe Bronx is unaffected as are huge swatches of Queens and Brooklyn. The fact we can't figure out how to get food to those in need is an embarrasment and, potentially, a tragedy but there is no shortage of food city-wide.
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