{"id":348,"date":"2020-04-27T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/unjustsustainabilities\/?p=348"},"modified":"2020-05-01T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T12:26:12","slug":"fast-food-prevalence-analyzing-fast-food-restaurants-in-south-central-los-angeles-and-who-is-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/unjustsustainabilities\/2020\/04\/27\/fast-food-prevalence-analyzing-fast-food-restaurants-in-south-central-los-angeles-and-who-is-impacted\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Food Prevalence; Analyzing fast food\u00a0restaurants in South Central Los Angeles and who is impacted\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city in which I chose to analyze for this project is Los Angeles. Because of the fact that Los Angeles is such a large city, I chose to focus on South Central LA because it is more specific to the area in which I live in. The demographics that surround South Central LA historically consist of people of color. More specifically, these communities are Latinx people, African Americans, and people who are undocumented. Additionally, the majority of the people that live in South Central Los Angeles are from low income households compared to the greater Los Angeles Area. In this project I analyze the abundance of fast food restaurants and the prevalence of liquor stores in the neighborhoods and the public health concerns that these can cause.<\/p>\n

Fast food\u00a0 restaurants can be seen all over\u00a0 the world and can be considered a treat to many for not having to cook. For low income communities, fast food restaurants serve as a manner to eat as it is priced very low. Corporations exploit low income communities as they are aware of the fact that it is what people can afford and speaks volume to the ways in which food distribution is fostered in the U.S. Additionally, there is a 6 percent profit margin as opposed to1 percent in grocery stores which ultimately exemplifies the investment of these companies putting more restaurants than grocery stores in these areas(Supersizing Urban America ).<\/em> In South Central Los Angeles one is able to find a fast food restaurant in every major crossing street. Further, liquor stores tend to be 2-3 minutes of driving distance from each other as seen in Figure 3.0. It is very concerning that these restaurants and stores are placed in majority low income neighborhoods and differs drastically when compared to more affluent neighborhoods. The health concerns that a low income community faces, such as South Central LA, include obesity, heart disease , diabetes, and depression at much larger rates than higher income communities.<\/p>\n

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