It has always amazed me when i see a fast food restaurant on every block in downtown Manhattan. This article amazed me even more by informing me about the affect it can have on inner-city communities. i believe that fast-food restaurants can affect the poorer americans. Almost everywhere in NYC, you can find a fast food place.
In this article the author tells us that the fast food companies are targeting poor inner-city communities. The autor then talks about his local McDonalds and how many poor people come in at around 5 pm, the times when people get off work. He also mentions the 'black' students, who also head to Mcdonalds right after they are done with school. The author then switches the topic to calories and how it is way above an average teenager's daily consumption. Finally, the author is basically against these companies which target these people in certain times of the year.
Fast food restaurants targets a lot of children because of their minor responsibilities. Right after they are done with school, the kids are most likely hungry and have money because of their parents. The adults are probably too busy working to cook. No matter where the school is, there is a fast food place nearby. School lunch is disgusting and the kids do not know about whats nutritious or not for the human body, which will make them head to any fast food place.
Poor people want to spend less money on food. Even bums on the street can ask for change on trains and save up enough to buy various items from the dollar menu. With more and any type of customers, McDonalds sells a lot which allows them to keep growing their food chains more and more. That is why there are more McDonalds around low income communities because there are more customers. Rich people would much rather buy a 7 dollar cheeseburger instead of 1 dollar cheeseburger from McDonalds value meal. Therefore, they make more money where anybody and everybody can afford the low prices.
A Meal from a fast food place might cost about 5-7 dollars. People with families can buy meals from McDonalds for cheaper instead of buying rice and meat and actually wasting time cooking the meal. They dont want to go through all of those steps when they can go to the fast food place and get it in a couple of minutes. Even if it isnt healthy, people do not care. All they see it as is saving money, and today thats all people care about.
I live in Corona, Queens and on every corner there is a fast food restaurant. Right by the mall also, it has almost as much fast food places as the shopping stores. Inside the mall it has food courts with a lot of choices. Even outside it has Mcdonalds, pizza shops, hot dog stands. If i were to walk a block away i would find burger king. If i walked the other way i would hit wendys. So basically everywhere i go, i always have the choice of buying a cheeseburger and fries with a coke. With so many things i have going on everyday, i dont have much time so i would just order fast food because its very fast and fills me up. Thats one of the main reasons why people today buy fast food, they normally would not have the time and would want food fast.
Fast food restaurants are everywhere. Its sad that it targets the communities that my friends and i are living in today. They do not care about us because they know that too much of these meals will make us obese and overweight.
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