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Parent wrote: > it's simply not economically viable You replied: > t’s just that these small groceries cannot outcompete supermarkets So you are confirming
by pif 4y ago
Parent wrote:
> it's simply not economically viable
You replied:
> t’s just that these small groceries cannot outcompete supermarkets
So you are confirming what he said.
- Xylakant 4y agoNo, I’m not. The stores are economically viable unless you have a car centric culture. Car centric culture makes walkable mid-density neighborhoods unviable.
- falcolas 4y agoCars are no longer the only way to bring in goods from outside walking distance. Online orders can also supplant the need for cars in suburbs, while producing a significantly more options than a mom&pop grocery store. And with Covid restrictions and work-from-home, deliveries and online ordering were cemented as normal behavior.
- Xylakant 4y agoThe bakery in my parents town is famous enough for their bread that some people drive 50kms to buy that bread. No delivery service will come close to that, no way. Though I generally agree with that: the need for individual cars will become less and less as more options become available.
- falcolas 4y agoSo the bakery relies at least partially on car culture to survive? And there's always services who will pick up bread from such locations and deliver it. With or without the bakery's backing.
- alistairSH 4y agoOnline orders can also supplant the need for cars Uh, somebody has to deliver those orders. And in the US, that's by car (van). You might make single-car households more viable with pervasive online ordering/delivery, but you don't necessarily change the core character of the neighborhood that way.