Chapter 10

Eric Schlosser states in FFN "A decade ago, McDonald's had about three thousand restaurants outside the United States; today it has about seventeen thousand restaurants in more than 120 foreign countries."

This means how McDonad's "plagued" the US with their delicious, greasy fries, they were now doing this to the rest of the world. The consequences have already happened in England. Now obesity among adults has doubled, which is causing severe health problems.

Fast food has effected every nation. If other places don't have enough trouble such as poverty, they have obesity to add on to this. Now, it might not be as severe as cancer, but obesity could be a silent killer.

With more fat in your body, it takes more time and effort for your heart to pump blood around your body. Some people are winded from walking up a flight of stairs, or from the bedroom to the bathroom.

At any moment, anyone who suffers from obesity could have a heart attack or a clogged artery. Now I don't think fast food is to blame entirely. If you want to eat the food, after that get some exercise. But people are still suing the executives for selling a "deadly" product.

Although, if maybe people boycotted the fast food industry, you may end it once and for all.

Chapter 1

California seems to be the blame of today's fast food. With it's restaurant chains and automobiles, this was the start of the cause of the American fast food we know today.

Carl Karcher created one of the first American fast food chains, Carl's Jr. Though this chain most definitely does have an impact on the infrastructure of the United States, McDonald's has the greatest imprint upon every aspect of American life; their reach extends from our waistlines to our cultural landscape.

McDonald's rise to prominence began when they came out of one of the most popular Southern California chains. They achieved this through the creation of a cheap, accessible product, which was manufactured by an unskilled, and therefore profitable, work force. Americans were able to buy the burgers in easily, due to the fact that they could drive their cars there at their own discretion, and not have to get out and wait in line.

This is solely how the fast food industry began.

This has lead to health problems of Americans, and affecting their minds. If you want food fast, go to McDonald's, you can get a burger, fries and drink for just five dollars.

Baldwin Park Classport

Aloma Woods Single-Family Home

Baldwin Park Single-Family Home

Observation of my neighborhood (Aloma Woods) compared to Baldwin Park: All houses in my neighborhood are one story, with the exception of two houses. All mail boxes are either wood or metal and black or brown. There is a light pole every 2 to 3 houses. The garages are two car garages, and cars are parked either in the garage, in the driveway, and sometimes in the street. Boat and trailers are in garages, and about half of the neighbor hood has a pool. There is a community pool and park, and mostly palm or pine trees. Houses are spaced out enough where you could drive a car between two houses. Baldwin Park and Aloma Woods both have the same speed limit on the boulevard. But that is where the similarities end.

Observation of Baldwin Park: All houses in Baldwin are mostly two story. All mail boxes were metal, and black. The neighborhoods them selves are probably triple the size of mine. They don't have pools, unless you build a custom house. The house are very close together, so much you could probably hold a yard stick from your window and touch the other house. Baldwin Park has a lake you can boat in, while in my neighborhood no one is allowed on the lake. They have a community center with a pool and work out room. To get to your garage in Baldwin, you must take different street. Also, Baldwin has places such as day spas, Five Guys, dentists, and a Publix in one area. Many people were walking, biking, jogging and walking dogs on the walk ways. There was a festival about to go on, so there were many white tents and people arranging things towards the more downtown area. In the house, the dining room was huge. A lot bigger than mine. The kid's rooms seemed to be bigger than mine, and the girl's room had a walk-in closet. The master bedroom and bathroom were HUGE. Some of the biggest I've ever seem. Not to mention a nice kitchen with top-of-the-line stoves and microwaves.

Speculation: I think Baldwin Park is there because it is 2 miles from downtown. This makes the commute time about ten minutes depending on traffic. There are schools within Baldwin making it easy for children to get to school.

Analysis: The sales rep. I interviewed at the model home told me Baldwin Park was put there so it would appeal to people, because it is so close to Downtown. He also said it was on of the biggest project in Florida history.

Evaluation: I think Baldwin Park is here because it is easy to commute to the city. It is on the land that used to be a Navy Base, and it's better to use the land than not to.