Thursday, February 02, 2012

The Post-College Hunger

Well, this isn't very good:

Hungry Grads are Hit by Recession

When Christy de la Cruz was an undergraduate student at Fordham University, she never thought she would have to worry about paying for food.

"You expect that when you get out of college, you'll get a job that [will] make more than enough to survive," de la Cruz said. "But the real wake-up call comes when you find out that it's not enough."

De la Cruz is not alone. Almost 3 million New Yorkers — 35 percent of New York City residents — had difficulty affording food at some point in 2011, according to the Food Bank For New York City.

I knew the economy was bad, but it's a shock to me that people with college degrees would actually be starving.

1 comment:

Rana said...

Welcome to reality.