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I went without a car for a year, in Los Angeles. I lived near a subway, worked remotely, and used Uber when I had to. The one thing that was still annoying to h
by Gargoyle 10y ago
I went without a car for a year, in Los Angeles. I lived near a subway, worked remotely, and used Uber when I had to. The one thing that was still annoying to handle was groceries, Instacart solved that. I only used them for stores where the prices were the same as in-store, and I handled tipping in cash (drivers were also the shoppers in my case).
I was very happy with the service, but my circumstances were pretty specific. I'm now in a small town in the outskirts of a city and they're not an option here. Even if they were, I have to have a car for other purposes and wouldn't use them anyway.
I don't know how they'll expand outside of urban centers, honestly.
On a side note, about half the Ubers I see around here are pickup trucks, which would make using them for grocery trips more practical. Hmmm.
- overcast 10y agoI agree, this can really only exist in very urban areas.
- ghaff 10y agoThat's not really true although some degree of density is needed. I can't get any of the latest VC-backed services but I can get Peapod and live well outside the nearest major city on a number of acres. Where I live is certainly not "very urban."
- prostoalex 10y agoIt's pretty rare that a popular subway station would not have a convenient grocery store nearby. Major chains don't want to lose out on all that foot traffic. Seems like Instacart would be used as a temporary band-aid, until Ralph's, or Whole Foods, or Target Supercenter, or Trader Joe's arrive on the scene.