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> People don't really think everyone in Detroit lives on a diet of snack foods, $1 menu burgers, and fruit flavored soft drinks, do they?

Some people apparently think all Americans live that way. Never underestimate the power of preconceptions and stereotypes, especially when they're Not Racist.

"Supermarket" refers to a grocery store that is significantly larger than traditional neighborhood grocery stores.

Most of the coders living downtown I know before Whole Foods all drove to the suburbs to shop. Those small stores offered little variety along with limited selections of fruits and vegetables.

Nobody said Detroit was a food desert or that it had no grocery stores. The claim was that it had no supermarket. You said "don't spread this lie" but then gave no evidence it was a lie. Is it a lie (I wouldn't know)?

I shop organic, typically at farmer's markets, and actively cook. I lived in Toledo for a little while and visited Detroit. While you have access to supermarkets in that part of the country the access is very poor. I ate a lot of fast food simply because fast food is within 5 min and a super market is often times 30 min. Produce is typically poor quality and imported.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/supermarket/@41.6476485,-...

It doesn't look that bad. Did you somehow miss Kroger and Meijer are supermarkets?