Gallery: How Do You Map America's Scary Shortage of Fresh Food?

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    Nathan Yau's data visualization maps the food deserts in the United States. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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    The length of the red line corresponds to the distance a town is from a grocery store. The longer the line, the farther people have to travel. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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    Sparsely-populated states like Wyoming mean lots of long red lines. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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    Texas is an excellent example of visualizing population density in reverse. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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    If you reduce the radius, you'll start to see how food deserts affect more urban areas like Chicago. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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    Montana is more populated in the west, as visualized here. *Image: Nathan Yau*
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