well suburbs of st louis have done the same thing... i was there this summer and a local told me it has become a popular ban

I believe they have done similar things in Berkeley, CA & Evanston, IL as well. Maybe not to the same extent.

Have you heard about Japan's new law about waist size? Men cannot be above 33.5", women must be below 35.4" www.nytimes.com/2008/06/...

maybe it is wrong or maybe it's right - but the question is: how the hell are the low income earners supposed to live?

crazy, thanks for the word BB

people should be responsible for their own decisions, like what they eat!

people eat too much fast food

It is wrong. Just is.

the FDA would crack down on better health regulations and give incentives for healthier, low-fat restaurants

I would settle for them always recommending factory food.

Not, that is

Like sit-down, healthy restaurants are going to go into neighborhoods of people that can't afford them just b/c no new fast food is allowed?

How about solving the "we can't afford it" problem instead of just banning the affordable food the people were eating?

unfortunately it's not that simple-a friend of mine works in a program that introduces healthy foods to poor inner city kids.

you can't believe what some of these kids don't know about nutrition and cooking-unfortunately these programs need money and support.

disgusted...the supporters call *themselves* Food Apartheid? Don't they remember that brutal history? Is enforced birth control next?

my love of fast food proudly, especially with most fast food outlets trying to outdo each other with healthiest and cheapest choices!