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> Why not go a step further and demand that all roads should be put underground Like a subway. Throw in some bicycles or e-scooters for the last ~200 meters.
by NoRelToEmber 3y ago
> Why not go a step further and demand that all roads should be put underground
Like a subway. Throw in some bicycles or e-scooters for the last ~200 meters.
- jupp0r 3y agoGood luck hauling 100lbs of groceries through the subway.
- ehnto 3y ago100 pounds! We'll need at least 2400 pounds of automobile to handle such an unweildy load. I jest but people handle shopping in a myriad of ways, if you live somewhere with good transit it's really not an issue. The Big Shop is a bit of a symptom of suburbia's unavailability problem anyway, since it's such a pain in the butt to get groceries I would optimize it all into one big shop with the car. It's really similar to living remotely, I used to live in rural Aus and the closest shops where a town over, so you drove half an hour or so to get your groceries. Living in the city, you do more shops but less per shop, and it is totaly managable on foot with good transit or by bike with good panniers/bags.
- jupp0r 3y agoIt's super easy to get groceries where I live but I still wouldn't want to go shopping multiple times per week. I'd rather spend time on other things.
- theshrike79 3y agoExactly, this is why I order my groceries delivered to my door. Costs 0€ if you're not a stickler about the delivery window and order for at least 50€ at a time.
- numpad0 3y ago“But we’re going to need a car” is a reason some people don’t sign up for a CostCo membership.
- jupp0r 3y agoDefinitely. A bike trailer or cargo bike could work though.
- newaccount74 3y agoI have 4 kids and I don't think I ever bought 50kg of groceries. Then again, I've lived within walking distance of a supermarket most of my life, so I just go shop groceries every other day or so.
- jupp0r 3y agoI'd rather spend my time at home with my kids than grocery shopping every other day. Sure that would make it easy to transport groceries on foot, but the mental load of remembering when to buy what would be much larger than just going through your weekly routine. On a plus side, I like buying raw fish and other very perishable goods and going grocery shopping more frequently would give me more options to enjoy those over the course of the week rather than in a concentrated period after grocery day.
- wolfgang42 3y agoI do this all the time: I bought a fold-up shopping cart with 150lb capacity, and take it on the elevator to the subway platform. Honestly, it’s even easier than doing it by car; I don’t even have to deal with hauling bags out of the trunk, I just roll up to my refrigerator and unpack everything right in the kitchen.
- jupp0r 3y agoSounds like a good idea, if the subway has working elevators and isn't too crowded.