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I'm with you on that 10 miles is nothing. I would love to have a store within 10 miles - that's biking distance even. But to me - because food deserts have a l

I'm with you on that 10 miles is nothing. I would love to have a store within 10 miles - that's biking distance even. But to me - because food deserts have a larger impact on low-income folks, I think about it in their context. If I didn't have access to a reliable form of transportation, 10 miles would be a super long way to have to travel.

esotericn 7y ago
Right. I mean it's basically that the distance here is defined quite strictly when it really depends on the individual. I could be 200km from the nearest grocery store, and it'd just mean I need to stockpile a bit more, because as you say, assuming there are roads etc, I can jump in the car whenever and go there. By contrast someone who's poor and severely disabled might feel they're in a 'desert' if the nearest store is 200m away and they can't walk.