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In response to
"I lose you because you stopped listening when the facts started interferring with your preconceived notions."
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TWuG
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Or to put it another way: You are making the assumption that the percentage of time you spend securing food over a week is the
Posted by
TWuG
Jun 7 '09, 15:23
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same or less for those in cities, when it is probably much higher.
My family of 3 can spend 2 hours shopping and eat for over a week.
For a family of 3 in a city where they rely on public transit it's probably closer to 2 hours to shop for enough food to eat for 2 days. So 8 days of food is going to require 8 or more hours versus my 2.
Why? Because it is IMPOSSIBLE for one person to shop for a family of 3 and get everything for a week's worth of meals in one trip. One person can't physically carry it without a car. So trips get broken down
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