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Bro, in a food desert – it’s all fast-food joints and corner stores. Arteries are getting clogged up with all those fries and sodas.

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But that’s not a desert tho… deserts are barren of all sustenance it just healthy sustenance

But okay

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You just don’t understand the term.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

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👍

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But…that is the common definition of “food desert.”

“A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food.”

I realize the article has issues, but the definition has sources cited for its common usage. If you don’t like the definition, fine, but it’s a definite term for a defined phenomenon. You don’t get to pretend the phenomenon doesn’t exist because the term isn’t perfect…

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Maybe English isn’t their first language. I never heard of the phrase before. TIL.

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Even a real desert isn’t completely barren.

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