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"[I]n urban areas, the U.S Department of Agriculture considers a food desert an area with no ready access to a store with fresh and nutritious food options with
by missedthecue 4y ago
"[I]n urban areas, the U.S Department of Agriculture considers a food desert an area with no ready access to a store with fresh and nutritious food options within one mile"
TIL I live in a 'food desert'. I guess this is only a problem if you don't have access to a car or bus.
- pmoriarty 4y ago"I guess this is only a problem if you don't have access to a car or bus." Most people in the US live in urban areas, and most urban areas in the US have awful public transportation. Even when they have some means of getting to richer areas, the poor (who are most likely to live in food deserts) rarely if ever go shopping in rich areas, where the most nutritious food tends to be. They tend to shop where they live.
- troon-lover 4y ago