• Redrum714@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Hauling 50 pounds of groceries a couple miles is not enjoyable for the vast majority of people.

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      1 year ago

      Since I can walk there a few times a week, I tend to buy less grocceries at a time. The weight limit helps me budget for the week by preventing me from buying more than I need.

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        1 year ago

        That sounds like a solution, and I’m glad you found it and it works for you, but walking and purchasing multiple times a week instead of once every two weeks is a much larger time commitment. This also really only works if you are buying for yourself and no one else.

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          1 year ago

          You need to rethink how cities are designed for walking to grocery stores to work. It won’t in the US, because everything is designed for cars. But if a city is designed right, you won’t need to go miles before finding a grocery store. You can take a cargo bike to haul more things at a time. You can stop by shops on your way home from work to pick up a couple things and stick them in a backpack.

          Cities designed correctly reduce the burden on those walking or biking between points of interest that are no more than 1 or 2 miles away.

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            1 year ago

            A fridge, and the help of a roommate that also doesn’t mind things that aren’t “fresh” by the time we use them.

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          What sounds like a bigger pain in the ass to me is catastrophic global climate collapse. But any slight inconvenience is impossible to overcome for the most horribly lazy I guess.

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      You need to rethink how cities are designed for walking to grocery stores to work. It won’t in the US, because everything is designed for cars. But if a city is designed right, you won’t need to go miles before finding a grocery store. You can take a cargo bike to haul more things at a time. You can stop by shops on your way home from work to pick up a couple things and stick them in a backpack.

      Cities designed correctly reduce the burden on those walking or biking between points of interest that are no more than 1 or 2 miles away.

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        1 year ago

        That’s nice and all, but the vast majority of people would still overwhelmingly choose the ease and comfort of a car when getting groceries over a bike.

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              1 year ago

              Nah, I’ve lived in two places now where walking or cycling to get your groceries (or, gasp, just having them delivered) is way nicer. Because it sucks to drive and the store is just around the corner.

              Y’all just don’t have a clue what you’re missing.

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                1 year ago

                You do realize people live outside of dense cities right?

                Talk about not having a clue lol

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                  1 year ago

                  This isn’t about rural areas. Obviously no one’s expecting people on farms to go walk to a nearby store. But most people aren’t on farms.

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                    1 year ago

                    I’m not talking about farms, I’m talking about suburbs where most people do live.