Comment by buildsjets

Food deserts do exist, but Seattle's Central District is not one of them. This US government tool used to literally be called the "Food Desert Locator" until the current administration re-named it to "Food Access Research Atlas"

https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-...

It's really the suburban areas of Seattle that develop food deserts, likely due to restrictive zoning for commercial properties and minimum lot-size requirements that make sure that every grocery store is a long SUV ride away from the cu-de-sac neighborhood.

If the term Food Desert offends you, I can gladly switch to calling it Food Apartheid instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-aparthe...