We as a society, in many aspects, used to eat AND build better when we were poorer. It is a matter of desire and priority.
Also McDonalds is only cheaper if you’re in a food desert. Which areas that rely on stroads rarely are.
Also, notice how the building around stroads and most “modern” buildings get knocked down and rebuilt every 10 years? Seems like something only a rich society could afford to do.
I have not noticed widespread occurrences of 10-year old buildings being knocked down and rebuilt. Have you noticed this? Where?
A building takes more than a year to build typically; if they were being knocked down every 10 years, the entire city would look like nothing more than a construction site.
Ok, so factually we are more wealthy than we have ever been as a society across the entire wealth distribution and yet we have an obesity epidemic. An obesity epidemic is very much a rich country problem. Our terrible food has nothing to do with it being too expensive (Although listening to the FDA back when they advocated 10+ servings of grains a day probably didn't help).
Also expecting people to apologize for their social station is tacky as hell. You play the hand you're dealt to the best of your ability. Anyone who claims otherwise has an agenda. Why would your critique of spoken like someone who has never been poor have any merit whatsoever?
My biological grandfather is actually on the lowest decile of income in the US, i am quite sure he eat better than me and most of the people here. And most people in his community fare the same way.
Also McDonalds is only cheaper if you’re in a food desert. Which areas that rely on stroads rarely are.
Also, notice how the building around stroads and most “modern” buildings get knocked down and rebuilt every 10 years? Seems like something only a rich society could afford to do.