Food desert?

[brimic]

On the way home from work I stopped at a BP station to pick up a bag of chips to munch on. This station is very close to the invisible border between an ‘ok’ neighborhood and ‘blight.’
As the young middle eastern man was ringing me up, a local in the background was yelling at him.
“Are these pizzas really $10?”
“How can you charge us $10 for a pizza? That should be illegal!”
I didn’t catch the rest of what she said, because I was on my way out door, but I’m sure it sounded just as entitled.

Pick and Save is kitty corner cross the street.

[MillCreek]

We paid $ 10 last night at Papa Murphy's for a large Mediterranean herb chicken pizza. #PizzaPrivilege

[230RN]

Was wondering what BP was. "British Petroleum."

Also not sure what you were getting at with the comment about the BP station being near the blighted area and the other party's complaint about the price.  "Charging us," the "us" meaning what?

I will say that things like $10 for a pizza and $250,000 for a two-bedroom cottage convince me that the gooberment's statistics on cost-of-living (i.e., "inflation")  are from Jules Verne land.

[WLJ]

$5.00 for the pizza
$5.00 to cover the higher bad neighborhood insurance rate

This is common knowledge but people still scream certain terms when gas is higher in bad neighborhoods.

[Hawkmoon]

Was wondering what BP was. "British Petroleum."

Correct, but the signs don't say "British Petroleum." The signs say "BP." You don't have that brand where you live?

[Ben]

Correct, but the signs don't say "British Petroleum." The signs say "BP." You don't have that brand where you live?

I don't think I've ever seen one West of the Rockies.

[brimic]

Was wondering what BP was. "British Petroleum."

Also not sure what you were getting at with the comment about the BP station being near the blighted area and the other party's complaint about the price.  "Charging us," the "us" meaning what?

I will say that things like $10 for a pizza and $250,000 for a two-bedroom cottage convince me that the gooberment's statistics on cost-of-living (i.e., "inflation")  are from Jules Verne land.

It's like when people say the price of gold is going up.  What is it now, $1500 a Troy?  All it means is that the value of a dollar has gone down to 1/1500th of an ounce of gold.  I'm not arguing one way or another about returning to a gold standard, just observing relative values over time and peoples' perception thereof.

If you go a few blocks north or west of this intersection, you could pick up a large foursquare or bungalow for under 30k, add another 100k for repairs, and you’ll have a really nice house, criticisms for ‘gentrification’ notwithstanding.
http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/thieves-take-homes-stained-glass-windows-worth-20000-b99362316z1-277661921.html


Also, you can buy pizza at Pick and Save for around 3-4/$10 any day of the week...

[K Frame]

Hey, now pizza is racist!

We've almost achieved full saturation...

[RocketMan]

Hey, now pizza is racist!

We've almost achieved full saturation...

Just when you think that is the case, someone else will come along to prove you wrong.

[brimic]

Feeling cute.
Might rob BP station.IDK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DodQaRKD7DE

This made national news a 1/2 dozen years back, the flash mob robbery went to park down the street and started beating random people in the park.

[230RN]

Correct, but the signs don't say "British Petroleum." The signs say "BP." You don't have that brand where you live?

Nope.  Another regionalism.  And that's why I usually get tiresome about ID'ing things.  I violated this precept myself recently by referring to King Soopers in a recent post without adding "(Kroger, City Market)," which is its DBA* in other areas.

Yeah, extra insurance and other loss prevention costs.  I noticed a couple of years ago that the very same items in some big chain (Wal-Mart?) cost less in the suburban store than in Denver proper.

Even my car insurance was cheaper on the west side of Sheridan Boulevard (Jefferson County) than on the east side (City and County of Denver).  Sheridan is the border most of its way in that area.

Since my mailing address is a post office box in Denver, the insurance company billed me as if I lived in Denver.  Got a substantial refund from them for the error in billing after I discovered this and squawked about it.

Terry

* "Doing Business As;" similar to AKA (Also Known As) and KPA (Known Professionally As) for individuals, especially in show biz. Think "Marion Morrison," "Bernard Schwartz," "Norma Jean Baker," and "Scout26."

[Ben]

Even my car insurance was cheaper on the west side of Sheridan Boulevard (Jefferson County) than on the east side (City and County of Denver)

I recently learned just how much car insurance can vary by where in the US you live.

In CA, I had Farmers for the last nearly 40 years, since I was 18. I have them for everything. I've never filed a claim with them, haven't been in an accident or had a ticket that didn't get wiped in traffic school in at least the last 20 years, so I have pretty much every discount you can get with them. When I shopped around in the past just for grins, nobody could beat them by more than 5% so it was never worth the hassle to switch. With all the above, for $500K full coverage on two vehicles, I was paying ~$2800/yr.

After moving to Idaho, I went to a Farmers agent here to get quotes, telling him I wanted the identical coverage. The quote he emailed me was $520. Thirty seconds after I got the email,  I called and said, "Hey, it looks like you sent me the wrong quote." Nope. It was the right quote - $520 for both vehicles, same coverage as I had in CA (I triple checked the numbers). Car insurance is just insanely cheap here compared to what I'm used to. Apparently Idaho handles uninsured motorist stuff differently (and doesn't have as many uninsured motorists), and people here in general don't sue each other for $1 million because their Beemer got scratched, so car insurance rates are crazy low. My property and umbrella policies are only about 10% cheaper, so it seems to be mostly an auto thing.

[HeroHog]

If you are a Vet, CALL USAA!

[dogmush]

If you are a Vet, CALL USAA!

I've gotten several USAA quotes in Central FL, and they've never been cheap.  Allstate beats them by like 15%.  YMMV however, so it's always worth getting several quotes

[230RN]

Ben:
"Car insurance is just insanely cheap here compared to what I'm used to."

You got that backwards.  It's insanely expensive where you were.

I got dinged for a 20% increase from last year's premium.  It is said (probably a falsehood promulgated by the insurance companies, Terry said, defamationingly) that this is a result of all the storm/hail damage last year.  Actually, it's because insurance generally is a ripoff and they'll charge whatever they can with whatever excuse they can con the regulatory agencies into swallowing.

Also, insurance of whatever nature inevitably increases the cost of fixing whatever the insurance is protecting you from.

Terry

[lee n. field]

We paid $ 10 last night at Papa Murphy's for a large Mediterranean herb chicken pizza. #PizzaPrivilege

I was just going to say "papa Murphy's".   Their basic $5 one topping pizza, buy a couple.  Perfect for fueling a crowd of grandkiddies.  

[brimic]

I was just going to say "papa Murphy's".   Their basic $5 one topping pizza, buy a couple.  Perfect for fueling a crowd of grandkiddies.  

Even their most expensive pizzas are a bargain. The family sized chicago stuffed pizza is around $20, but by myself, I get about 4-5 meals out of it..

[BobR]

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Premature elucidation.


 

[BobR]

I recently learned just how much car insurance can vary by where in the US you live.

In CA, I had Farmers for the last nearly 40 years, since I was 18. I have them for everything. I've never filed a claim with them, haven't been in an accident or had a ticket that didn't get wiped in traffic school in at least the last 20 years, so I have pretty much every discount you can get with them. When I shopped around in the past just for grins, nobody could beat them by more than 5% so it was never worth the hassle to switch. With all the above, for $500K full coverage on two vehicles, I was paying ~$2800/yr.

After moving to Idaho, I went to a Farmers agent here to get quotes, telling him I wanted the identical coverage. The quote he emailed me was $520. Thirty seconds after I got the email,  I called and said, "Hey, it looks like you sent me the wrong quote." Nope. It was the right quote - $520 for both vehicles, same coverage as I had in CA (I triple checked the numbers).

First ARs just laying around waiting to be purchased and now auto insurance rates falling like a frozen turkey out of a helicopter. Kind of nice to be breathing the free air, isn't it? How about rates for plating your vehicles, a little lower also?

bob

[Boomhauer]

I heard “food desert” news the other night. A race baiter Al Sharpton wannabe was doing her whining on TV and threw that bullshit word in the middle of her speil about wanting to get the black mothers out of jail for Mother’s Day  Must be one of their dog whistle terms

[Ben]

First ARs just laying around waiting to be purchased and now auto insurance rates falling like a frozen turkey out of a helicopter. Kind of nice to be breathing the free air, isn't it? How about rates for plating your vehicles, a little lower also?

bob

Oh, heck yeah. $240 for two vehicles for two years. If CA even did two year registrations, that would have run me around $1700.

[BobR]

Oh, heck yeah. $240 for two vehicles for two years. If CA even did two year registrations, that would have run me around $1700.

My wife is on my Brother in laws Lexus title so he can use our address. WA plates are much lower than CA. I think his plates run about 83 dollars a year here, in CA, about a bunch more.

bob

[HeroHog]

I've gotten several USAA quotes in Central FL, and they've never been cheap.  Allstate beats them by like 15%.  YMMV however, so it's always worth getting several quotes

Wow, saved me hundreds here in Louisiana over State Farm.

[Perd Hapley]

$10 for what kind of pizza? A frozen pizza? A freshly-cooked pizza? Pizza by the slice?

[gunsmith]

some rural desert small cities and towns really are "food deserts"
particularly the diners/cheaper restaurants.
Cheese, most of my adult life - cheese was a dairy product  that looks and taste like cheese , it's nearly impossible
to go to a diner in Reno or rural areas in NV/AZ and order a ham and cheese omelette with cheese in it.
you get the fake "processed cheese" ( i have taken to calling it welfare cheese )- it taste like crap, and its faker than cnn.
I go over a persons house for coffee? instant coffee!!
I can understand having it in your bugout bag or if you're hiking.... but drinking it daily or serving it to a guest??? good grief.
when i lived north of yuma in AZ - all food was in a box or can - i guess there was not enough people to make a profit on fresh produce
i had to travel 1 or 200 a week for fresh groceries ....
speaking of which, i gotta run and buy some cool as heck salmon jerky on sale - taste great and doesn't go bad without refrigeration
i am gonna buy a lot in the next few weeks for a good supply of tasty protein in my truck.