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following community fridge debates and discussions. in places where residents oppose community fridges, they often make it about safety, foot traffic, aesthetics, etc.
my sense is that people fundamentally do not believe that people should be able to access food "in place." meaning, most people don't have problems with food banks, for example. but those are usually not embedded in residential neighborhoods.
what is at the heart of some of these contestations is what people fundamentally believe poor and/or houseless people do and don't deserve. but also, that many believe poor and unhoused ppl *should be* surveilled and managed.
community fridges challenge that by affirming one's right to be in a neighborhood, in a place regardless of if you own a home or *look* like you should be there.
