Those were the days! Today, I find that the single girls go to the gym, skip dinner and don’t learn to cook, therefore...married working girls expect their husbands to get carry out or take them out to dinner most every night, and divorced mothers feed their children nothing but fast food on the run. I’m sure there are exceptions, but generally speaking, cooking seems to be a thing of the past.
I live in a little time warp-a somewhat remote rural area that was a summer resort, and commuter community in better times. There are just a couple of dollar stores and a general store for fresh produce, but we are within 35 miles of the suburbs and supermarkets of a large city.
There is no fast food-just a couple of restaurants serving meat-potatoes-salad type meals, sandwiches and Tex-Mex. Kids get homeschooled or go to school as many as 18 miles away-parents either own small businesses nearby or a few still commute to work in SA-a lot of moms stay at home. You can smell suppers cooking/grilling in the evenings if you step outside...
There are not many obese people here, compared to the city. I’m pretty sure since life here requires a bit more physical labor-mowing, doing your own maintenance, and most people grow gardens and keep livestock of some kind-it is due to a more active lifestyle. There are also plenty of places to hike-practically every neighborhood is at the edge of woods.