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we only have bags full of groceries because zoning prohibits grocery stores being near where people live in most place. So you need a car and since its a pain,
by cultofmetatron 4y ago
we only have bags full of groceries because zoning prohibits grocery stores being near where people live in most place. So you need a car and since its a pain, you migt as well stock up on as much as you can while you're at it.
If it were, you'd probably just go on a 10 minute walk and pickup enough for two days of food.
- nradov 4y agoThat's fine for young childless people. For families with multiple children it's a huge hassle to have to have to shop like that. Growing kids eat a lot. And when you buy heavy items like watermelon or milk or whole frozen chickens it's just not easy to carry. Much easier to drive a big car to a big box store and stock up on everything needed for a week.
- cultofmetatron 4y agoplenty of people with young children in Europe and latin Americs manage to do just fine this way from what I've seen.
- asdff 4y agoYou don't have to carry it, you can get one of those grocery carts. I see people bring them on my bus full of groceries.
- em500 4y agoI know plenty of fairly affluent families with multiple children in European cities who never bothered buying a car. By the time the children were eating a lot, they were carrying part of the groceries. Starting around 10 or so, the parents would just give them some money and have them do some of the smaller daily groceries (bread, milk, fruit) on their own, walking or cycling.