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Re:American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage by 2bitencryption on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:06PM (#17531487)
> I may have a 7/11 near me which doesn’t even carry coffee grounds or fruit/veg. It’s kind if a sad place to live.

it's only sad because you went to a 7/11 expecting to get produce! I guarantee you there's a real grocery store within a few blocks.

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Re:American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage by ryanwaggoner on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:13PM (#17531524)
I guarantee you there's a real grocery store within a few blocks.

Pretty good chance that's not true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

"In 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that 23.5% of Americans live in a food desert, meaning that they live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban or suburban areas, and more than 10 miles from a supermarket in rural areas."

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Re:American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage by UncleEntity on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:38PM (#17531647)
> Pretty good chance that's not true

Or a 23.5% chance that's not true...

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Re:American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage by ryanwaggoner on Saturday July 14, 2018 @05:40PM (#17532533)
In response to a “guarantee”, that’s a lot.

“I guarantee this plane won’t crash” = 23.5% chance of dying?

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Re:American Cities Are Drowning in Car Storage by UncleEntity on Saturday July 14, 2018 @06:53PM (#17532821)
The real question one should be asking is how much of that is by choice?

Plus the "within 1 mile" standard seem a little low, that would mean that every single urban grocery store would have multiple competitors within a 2 mile radius which is totally unrealistic though, apparently, is quite common.

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