Julie Bove > wrote:

>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message

>> Nancy2 > wrote:

>>>But her point is not well made here in the US, where the corner
>>>market, bodega, or mom-n-pop store has long been missing from most
>>>residential areas. It is not practical for many of us to go the store
>>>multiple times a week when we have to drive there.

>> How unusual then that I have have a bakery three minutes walk away
>> from my house, another one 0.8 miles away.

>> That's not counting Mexican bakeries which are all over the place.

>> Conversely, one could live in the middle of nowhere in France and
>> not be near a bakery. So I think it's more of an urban vs. rural
>> thing, then it is a deficiency of the U.S. (although there is also
>> some of that going on).

>Do you live in the city? Precious few bakeries out here in the 'burbs.

Yes, I do, and I agree.


S.