I’ve heard this term a couple of time but never actually looked into it, and it is such an alien concept to me right now. I apologise in advance for sounding dumb here.
I can understand slums and favelas having a harder time getting access to fresh food, but how come entire government-recognised and incorporated neighbourhoods with electricity, water and all those more complex services can’t have small grocery stores for basic healthy things like rice?
It’s not that they don’t have affordable food, it’s that they create large areas around them where they are the only reliable or affordable option. People will have to travel half an hour or more one way to get their groceries because everything else has shut down or is far too expensive. The food they offer is also usually pretty bad for people, so it’s a double whammy.