If you actually live in the city the grocery store is not gonna be a huge schlep the way it is in the burbs, and this may be coloring how you think about those

If you actually live in the city the grocery store is not gonna be a huge schlep the way it is in the burbs, and this may be coloring how you think about those changes. When I was in Seattle I had a Safeway two blocks away and a Trader Joe’s three away. Very walkable distance, so I didn’t keep more than a few days worth of stuff in the kitchen as a rule; walking for six minutes each way is really not a hassle at all. Now I’m about a mile from a Rouse’s and a Winn Dixie here in New Orleans. Sucks to walk. Super nice to bike though, especially since I can do most of it on the Greenway instead of fighting cars. It’s about twenty minutes to walk, which kinda sucks in the hot sun, but it’s a 7-9 minute bike ride in a pleasant breeze. I usually take the slightly longer route as it’s down the Parkway and the Greenway instead of fighting for space with cars. Maybe it’s a couple more minutes if I wanna count unlocking the back shed and taking the bike around to the road, then locking the bike up a minute away from the store entrance. I keep the load down to what fits in the milk crate on the back of the bike, and go at about the same schedule I did for walking: 2-3 times a week. It’d be less if I actually cooked instead of mostly eating pre-packaged crap. How much time does it take for you to drive to your suburban market? Including getting the car started, finding a parking spot, and walking across the parking lot? How often do you go? Plus I get some light exercise without ever really thinking about it.