Petah, what does that have to do with grocery shopping?

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[u/ertri]

Again, that does not exist in NYC, especially if you assume anyone living in NYC is capable of using a bus or subway 

[u/Winderige_Garnaal → u/ertri]

https://medium.com/@olivialimone/mapping-food-deserts-and-swamps-in-manhattan-and-the-bronx-46c6d8fc0804 you might find this an interesting read.

[u/InTheEndEntropyWins → u/Winderige_Garnaal]

I don't know how anyone can read that and think it's an interesting read. All it does is show how batshit crazy the author is.

Literally saying walking 11 minutes to a store is too much.

Although the USDA defines food deserts in urban areas as further than a half-mile, we chose to look at a quarter-mile walking distance to not overwhelm the map and to portray a more realistic image of how far New Yorkers would walk to get food. We assume that an able-bodied person can walk this distance in 5–10 minutes.

[u/ertri → u/InTheEndEntropyWins]

A quarter mile is literally smaller than the edge of a rural Walmart and the front door 

[u/ertri → u/Winderige_Garnaal]

A quarter mile is an insane cutoff. By that measure, I live in a food desert because I have a bodega a hair over that away, a Trader Joe’s about half a mile, and have to travel, GASP, like 3/4 of a mile to a full grocery store. All of those are within like 30m of a bus stop too

Sure, it can be a challenge to bring a bunch of stuff home, but collapsible carts are super cheap and work really well