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The cost of the rent is unavoidable. You can't buy anything in the store without walking in the store and buy goods that has been stored in the store The cost
by Ma8ee 5y ago
The cost of the rent is unavoidable. You can't buy anything in the store without walking in the store and buy goods that has been stored in the store
The cost of parking is avoidable. You don't have to drive and park to buy goods in the store. Why should I that walk or bicycle to the store sponsor you driving and parking by paying higher prices so you can park for free?
- throwaway55421 5y agoI already address this in my earlier comment, there is an obvious distinction between urban and rural locations. If you're not paying more for your shopping in an urban location then this is almost always going to be because the costs are amortized over all the stores in a chain. There is no free lunch, someone ends up paying more than they should somewhere.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoPrices usually are higher in urban locations. They also make up for the higher costs to some extent through higher volume.
- LocalH 5y agoThis mindset right here is why the various large governments of the Western world are fucked. "Why should I have to pay for something I don't need, because others do?"
- Ma8ee 5y agoI hope you aren’t serious. I’m happy to pay taxes to pay for universal healthcare, libraries and sustainable infrastructure. I’m not willing to pay higher prices in a private store to sponsor the other people’s egoistic, highly inefficient, and environmental destroying, transportation by car.