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Just for contrast. I'm living a car free life in my mid-late 20s at the moment in Denmark, and I rarely ever order delivery. Supermarkets are close enough (I a
by messe 3y ago
Just for contrast. I'm living a car free life in my mid-late 20s at the moment in Denmark, and I rarely ever order delivery.
Supermarkets are close enough (I actually live above one, but were that not there, there are still three others within a five minute walk), that I rarely do a "weekly" shop and just buy my groceries when needed, most of which are of decent to high quality.
It's not really much of an inconvenience to keep a relatively well stocked kitchen without a car here. I'm really struggling to understand how a "granny cart" worth of groceries once a week is a chore? That's a couple of bags worth at most.
Buses could be a bit more frequent here, but they're still good enough that I don't have a hard cut off for when I have to leave the office. I lose maybe 7-8 hours a week on my commute, which is time I'd spend reading anyway.
- nytesky 3y agoOh I think one big factor is it was a 1 mile walk in 32C degrees and swampy high humidity. It wasn’t a couple of bags, it was a cart of about 4 bags at least, including a gallon of milk, often including bags of flour, eggs, etc. https://www.amazon.com/LS-Folding-Shopping-Basket-Capacity/dp/B01K07MF8C/ref=asc_df_B01K07MF8C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241950654450&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11751146125161984154&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007536&hvtargid=pla-465948337831&psc=1&mcid=5df59d8e0be93189b8a8cc8b20caefc6 https://www.amazon.com/LS-Folding-Shopping-Basket-Capacity/d...
- messe 3y agoAh. Yeah, a mile in that kind of heat and humidity would have me rethinking my shopping habits and choice of lifestyle as well.
- fennecbutt 3y agoElectric bike? Electric moped if you wanna stretch
- nytesky 3y agoThis was 20 years go. I actually wish Segways became a thing. They could climb stairs, took up less area and could carry a heavy load balanced by the gyros.
- gadders 3y agoHow many children do you have?
- messe 3y agoNone. But neither did the GP when they were living car-free in their twenties.