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>You will still need/want a car for grocery trips Yea, exactly, there is no good public transit, anywhere, in America. There are cities throughout Europe and
by komali2 8y ago
>You will still need/want a car for grocery trips
Yea, exactly, there is no good public transit, anywhere, in America.
There are cities throughout Europe and Asia where the thought of needing a car to get groceries is comical - the grocery store is right there, or a short hop on a bus/metro away, and it comes every 3 minutes so no big deal.
The USA desperately needs infrastructure help.
- bluGill 8y agoHaving been to Europe I can report that a fair number of people do not need or have a car. I can also report that a large number of people have a car and consider it essential to get around - they don't live in the big cities.
- cozzyd 8y agoThere are certainly places you can live (even relatively affordable ones!) that you can have this in the US. I live in Chicago within a 3 minute walk I have my choice of Jewel/Osco or Trader Joe's (which are both right by an L stop, so they're accessible to other people near the L as well). An extra few minutes and I can go to Target. An extra 10 minutes and I can walk to Whole Foods or Mariano's. My rent isn't super low (~1650/month + electricity for a ~700 sq ft 1 br; parking would be $200+ extra if I had a car) but a CTA pass is only $100 / month and it's pretax. Of course not every part of Chicago is like this.
- tigershark 8y agoOr you just get your grocery shopping delivered at home.