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Yeah, the solution to that is to have local groceries shops where you can go shopping on foot or just with a simply grocery cart. The idea that you have to haul several tonnes of food from 20+Km away is stupid.

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I can walk to a grocery store. I’m not doing it when weather sucks and I have a bunch of stuff.

And public transit to get there would be worse.

Besides, empty busses and empty trains require as much fuel empty as with passengers. They’re not as eco friendly as you may think.

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- Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Ah yes, there’s nothing more organic than demolishing black neighborhoods to build highways.
  
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Xtremis77@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nooo, 15 minute cities are a communism plot to smoother America with comfort, or something 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s only feasible if you have a small family, once you have a couple kids and are buying $300 of groceries a week it’s not at all feasible to transport that home by walking or using public transportation. Even less so if you’re having to transport the kids at the same time. Just carrying in all the food from my driveway to my house takes 15+ minutes, and that’s literally like 20 feet.

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- Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Bruh my family would make costco trips and absolutely pack the car with groceries, I’m talking trunk full to the ceiling. That shit takes 5 minutes tops to unload with everyone helping. You’re making a mountain out of a molehill. If raising a family without a car is so difficult then why can so many people manage it fine in other countries?
  
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jmp242@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yes, everyone has nothing better to do than go shopping daily for anything they need. Nevermind having stores on hand in case you can’t go to the store daily, like when we had a pandemic. Plus, we should all pay the maximum “bodega” price for everything, no buying in bulk for things to be cheaper, or just buying at a larger central location where things are cheaper.

This just seems asinine to me.

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- Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I suggest you do more research, it’s far from asinine. It may seem very strange to someone who has lived their entire life in a car centric city but these ideas have been applied in many cities successfully. The results are a healthier and happier populace.
  
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