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What large cities don't have quality food available?

I grew up in the deep suburbs and currently live in one of the largest cities in the US. The difference in variety when it comes to both supermarkets and reasturants is hugely in favor of the city. Growing up there were three grocery stores within half an hour and they all had basically the same items. If you wanted something unusual you'd have to order it. In the city I can head to the Asian market or one of multiple farmers markets or one of the multiple Co ops around me. There are at least 50 reasturants I can get delivered to my house and while some are large chains or fast food, most are not.

When I visit my friends in the suburbs the options are basically limited to American style Chinese, Pizza, or a large chain like Applebee's.

What large cities don't have quality food available?

https://foodispower.org/access-health/food-deserts/

Chicago – More than 500,000 residents (mostly African-American) live in food deserts, and an additional 400,000 live in neighborhoods with a preponderance of fast food restaurants and no grocery stores nearby.

New York City – An estimated 750,000 New York City residents live in food deserts, [27]while about three million people live in places where stores that sell fresh produce are few or far away. [28] Supermarkets throughout New York City have closed down in recent years due to increasing rents and shrinking profit margins, but the disappearance of urban grocery stores has had the most serious impact on low-income communities, especially those that are predominantly African-American (such East/Central Harlem and North/Central Brooklyn).

I mean yes not all areas have affordable food, but to claim, for example, that NYC has worse food than any average suburb is just absurd.

A suburb is part of a city. I was more talking about towns and small cities.

In this post you refer to smaller cities. In another post you refer to largest cities? I am assuming you are not trolling, but it is really confusing.

Large Cities and suburbs == bad, Smaller cities/towns == good

I don't see how that is confusing.

I see now what you meant (thought cities == bad, smaller cities == bad).

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