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[–] grue 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Food deserts are mostly not the fault of corporations; they're the fault of zoning. Some of that blame admittedly rests on misguided (to say the least) modernist urban planners back in the '30s, but most of it rests squarely on the shoulders of NIMBYs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Neither of you seem to know what a food desert is.

[–] Bayz0r 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah. "I have to drive for 15 minutes to access an endless range of fresh produce. Food desert!"