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Fantastic insight 💯

One of the notable aspects of places like Denmark is that supermarkets are rarely more than a few hundred metres away in the suburban areas while city areas have even more. Many small supermarkets rather than giant ones on outskirts of towns as in Anglo-centric car cultures. Planning rules a 🔑

Thx.., enlightening.., but I’ve yet to graduate to thinking in those terms…

I call where I work a food desert even though it may not follow strict definitions. Two gas stations within walking distance, but everything else (except maybe a Waffle House) requires a car. Well, a car or a death wish to cross a multi lane road with fast traffic.

Enjoy this tool while it exists: www.ers.usda.gov/data-product...

In much of the US there is no mass transit at all. From our farm, it is 14 miles to a grocery store. Some of us volunteer to drive elderly to shop or shop for them.

If we have the opportunity to plan new cities, may the compassionate wisdom and human-scale designs of Jane Jacobs be our guide. 🙏⚕️🙏