” Huge tracts of unpopulated country are classified as food deserts. Just maybe those areas don’t have grocery stores because nobody lives there. “
I’m one of those ‘nobodys’ who ‘lives there’ - 30 miles from my house to the closest shopping, or gas station, or doctor....
A few of us neighbors looked into the possibility of a State or Federal grant, or even an SBA loan, to start a Convenience-type store or co-op in our little hamlet (pop 200), since we were white, male, and middle-to-upper age, even though many of us are on SS, or VA pensions, we got, at best, ignored, and, mostly, laughed at.....