Just your stereotypical 20 year old, 6 foot, Homosexual, Atheist, Trekkie, Mexican-American, Progressive, Liberal, Tea loving, Politico.
San Diego/Chula Vista
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Studying for a degree in Civil Engineering
Assistant General Manager at Teavana
Things you will find on this blog:
-Intelligent opinions backed by facts
-Star Trek and all its slash
-Men in various states of undress
-A few personal posts
-Photos/graphs regarding cities and infrastructure
-What happens to be popular on tumblr at the time
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
From Slate: Food Deserts in America:
A 2009 study by the Department of Agriculture found that 2.3 million households do not have access to a car and live more than a mile from a supermarket. Much of the public health debate over rising obesity rates has turned to these “food deserts,” where convenience store fare is more accessible—and more expensive—than healthier options farther away. This map colors each county in America by the percentage of households in food deserts, according to the USDA’s definition. Data is not available for Alaska and Hawaii.
Notice how these areas are concentrated in conservative areas of the country.
I think this must be deeply connected to the general idea of the South as ‘fat.’ If you can’t get to the store all that...
We were just talking about this the other day in my Geo. of Food Systems class!
It’s a little bit interesting which places aren’t on this map, like Detroit and Los Angeles. Are the darker areas mostly...
Since I’m on the topic of obesity lately, I thought I’d just put this here. Even assuming that fat = bad (we all know I...
jayparkinsonmd:gregleding:From Slate: Food Deserts in America:
Why doesn’t the legend match the map? I hate hate hate it when things like this get published and then reblogged by...
Notice how these areas are concentrated in conservative areas of the country.
I was thinking about this the other day. I live in a relatively small town in south Georgia that’s situated inside a...