"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

"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.