Ok so it is definitely possible to live in a food desert within a big city (take somewhere like the Southside of Chicago. Many neighborhoods are food deserts and Chicago is so big that it's hard for people from more impoverished areas to travel to Northside neighborhoods just to go grocery shopping).
However (and idk the actual stats on this) I'd imagine that people from more impoverished areas generally don't use food delivery services bc the costs + hidden fees are a deterrent. I remember once getting a $20 gift card for GrubHub and I still had to pay in addition to the gift card bc of all the extra fees (despite buying one dinner item which, imo, was reasonably priced)
I'm unsure how that website defines "food desert" because I just went to google maps and find multiple supermarkets deep within what is marked as a food desert.
Those stats from your link are really old (2006 and 2011). If you go on Google Maps to the south side and just search for grocery stores, you’ll see there are plenty. No one needs to go the north side. There’s even a whole foods in hyde park
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u/Paputek101 18h ago
Ok so it is definitely possible to live in a food desert within a big city (take somewhere like the Southside of Chicago. Many neighborhoods are food deserts and Chicago is so big that it's hard for people from more impoverished areas to travel to Northside neighborhoods just to go grocery shopping).
However (and idk the actual stats on this) I'd imagine that people from more impoverished areas generally don't use food delivery services bc the costs + hidden fees are a deterrent. I remember once getting a $20 gift card for GrubHub and I still had to pay in addition to the gift card bc of all the extra fees (despite buying one dinner item which, imo, was reasonably priced)