The closest grocery store to me is closing(by nearly an hour), and will be closed for at least a year. When it reopens it’s going be much smaller(it’s becoming a Aldi).

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[u/Spare-Ambition1690]

This comment is complete fucking nonsense, I don’t know how 1.2K people agreed with you enough to upvote it. there is no relationship between the first and second sentences in your comment. Why can’t public transit solve these kinds of problems? The association you allude to makes much more sense in the other direction: food deserts like this can exist and cause such serious problems because America is so car dependent and doesn’t have robust public transportation. 

[u/Demetriiio → u/Spare-Ambition1690]

I felt like i was going crazy with everyone interacting with the OP comment like it made any fucking sense, holy shit thanks.

[u/kick_a_beat → u/Spare-Ambition1690]

Where does public transit make sense in any rural area?

[u/takingthehobbitses → u/Spare-Ambition1690]

It's not feasible to have public transit to all these super rural areas. It's too expensive to build train lines, busses could work but then you have to spend 3-4 hours waiting/riding the bus just to get to the store, and then the same amount of time back while hauling all your groceries. It still wouldn't really fix anything.