I spend half of my time in a food desert and half my time in a hippie foodie mecca. I think the answer is both. Rural areas lack the population to keep fresh

I spend half of my time in a food desert and half my time in a hippie foodie mecca. I think the answer is both. Rural areas lack the population to keep fresh food entrepreneurs from locating their businesses there. At the same time, rural food culture tends to be shit outside of garden season - people think that potato chips and brownie mix are somehow valid ingredients in a recipe. They swap these "recipes" with their friends and look at you funny if you skip the bun and double up the veggies on your burger.