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> What food desert are you referring to? His food desert that doesn’t exist.
by chronny903 8mo ago
> What food desert are you referring to?
His food desert that doesn’t exist.
- buildsjets 8mo agoFood deserts do exist, but Seattle's Central District is not one of them. This US government tool used to literally be called the "Food Desert Locator" until the current administration re-named it to "Food Access Research Atlas" https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-... It's really the suburban areas of Seattle that develop food deserts, likely due to restrictive zoning for commercial properties and minimum lot-size requirements that make sure that every grocery store is a long SUV ride away from the cu-de-sac neighborhood. If the term Food Desert offends you, I can gladly switch to calling it Food Apartheid instead. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interview https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-aparthe...
- direwolf20 8mo ago> Food Access Research Atlas You just know at least five people within the administration, one of whom being Elon Musk, wanted to change "Atlas" to "Tool"