The mayor’s office says it would be the first major U.S. city to enact such a plan.

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    “The distance to the nearest supermarket or supercenter for the average U.S. household was 2.14 miles and that average household primarily shopped at a store 3.79 miles from home.3 aug 2015”

    “The researchers found that in 2015, the median distance to the nearest food store for the overall U.S. population was 0.9 miles, with 40 percent of the U.S. population living more than 1 mile from a food store. The median distance to the third-nearest food store for the overall population was 1.7 miles.3 jun 2019 https://www.ers.usda.gov

    " ‘far’ is defined as more than one mile for urban locations and more than 10 miles in rural spots."

    Not having access to food is quite rare for the average American, most of the ones there are are in bumfuck nowhere.