I've lived in the inner city (ghetto) area when we first moved to New England. And there were grocery stores within walking distance. They were easily reachable within the bus line and T-stop. SO please don't tell me they are too lazy to walk a couple of blocks????
Our cars got "lost" shipping from CA to MA, and we were without transportation for 1 month. DH and I fortunately rented on a bus and T stop about 1/2 mile. We walked with groceries and shopped without problems.
We are different because DH lived in a city without a car for a year in Canada, and I went in Southern CA for 3 years of college without a car. And 2 years of grad school without a car. So it's possible. NOT enjoyable, but possible.
Moving where we moved to and living in the ghetto area (and we lived between martin luther king blvd and Malcolm X blvd) and in LA I lived in a not so nice area as well, I gotta say, no there are supermarkets in those areas. For sure in CA and in MA. I shopped at those stores and while they had poor produce it was walkable and I made the effort to go and put groceries in my backpack and walk home.
So there are no excuses, people in other countries walk a lot to public transit and carry their groceries. It's not hard. And the food bank was walking distance to our rental which is how I start volunteering.
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