“The yoghurt delivery women combatting loneliness in Minnesota”
HN’s interest in this article is so “thing vs Japanese thing”
HN’s interest in this article is so “thing vs Japanese thing”
It does. These kind of small scale food delivery services exist both in charitable and commercial form across North America and Europe. I know several "Meals on Wheels" workers who are basically half-timing as social service workers.
This is the stereotypical weekly "bucolic Japanese neighborhood social life" story that does actually exist in every place.
So there is a US equivalent, but it would have been interesting to read about them too.