As someone that lives in a city with lots of public transportation (Tokyo) and lots of stores surrounding almost every train/subway station, the number of oppor

As someone that lives in a city with lots of public transportation (Tokyo) and lots of stores surrounding almost every train/subway station, the number of opportunities to buy something daily is vastly higher than when I lived in a SoCal suburb and drove a car. Basically with car, I went from home -> work -> home and unless I went really out of my way (pull into shopping center, park, get out of car, walk to store) then I wasn't near anything to buy. I basically had to make the conscious decision to go to a store. Where as now, every time I enter or exit a train station I pass by 15-20 store fronts (book stores, bakeries, coffee stands, dessert stands, lunch stands, clothing stores, drug stores, grocery store, etc...) and it's literally 1-2 seconds off my path to be in one and buy something.