The mayor’s office says it would be the first major U.S. city to enact such a plan.

  • @Uncle_Iroh
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    -31 year ago

    “The distance to the nearest supermarket or supercenter for the average U.S. household was 2.14 miles and that average household primarily shopped at a store 3.79 miles from home.3 aug 2015”

    “The researchers found that in 2015, the median distance to the nearest food store for the overall U.S. population was 0.9 miles, with 40 percent of the U.S. population living more than 1 mile from a food store. The median distance to the third-nearest food store for the overall population was 1.7 miles.3 jun 2019 https://www.ers.usda.gov

    " ‘far’ is defined as more than one mile for urban locations and more than 10 miles in rural spots."

    Not having access to food is quite rare for the average American, most of the ones there are are in bumfuck nowhere.

    • Flying Squid
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      51 year ago

      average

      median

      Do you not know what those things mean?

      quite rare for the average American

      Oh, well then let’s let the rare ones starve to death. They’re “bums” anyway.

      • @Uncle_Iroh
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        -31 year ago

        Good idea, survival of the fittest existed for a reason. Maybe stop pretending like anyone in America is starving to death.

          • @Uncle_Iroh
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            -11 year ago

            0.37 in every 1000 dealing with food insecurity starve. Those are great numbers.

            • Flying Squid
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              31 year ago

              Oh, well those people clearly don’t matter. They deserve it. Even the children. Right?

              • @Uncle_Iroh
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                -11 year ago

                Some maybe, some probably not, but sometimes it is what it is.

                • Flying Squid
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                  31 year ago

                  Wait, are you seriously saying those children don’t matter?

                  • @Uncle_Iroh
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                    01 year ago

                    I did not say that. I said it is what it is. You can’t save everyone, it’s impossible. America is doing an exceptional job at keeping people fed.

          • @Uncle_Iroh
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            -21 year ago

            For every 1000 dealing with food insecurity about 0.37 die. Whats your point?