• Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    Are American sidewalks so inexistent that you can’t walk there instead? Driving so close for groceries blows my mind.

    • monovergent 🛠️@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Unfortunately, yes. The closest grocery store is literally a 5 minute drive away, but the 2-lane road there is just wide enough for the cars (driving at decent speed) in either direction. No sidewalks and nigh impossible to bike due to the monster trucks on the road and drainage ditches immediately to either side of the road.

    • DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      My closest grocery store is more than two miles away (3.2km). I’m not walking that carrying several bags of groceries. I certainly don’t have time to go to the store more than once a week or so.

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        3 days ago

        3.2 is like less than 10 minutes on a bike, which can easily carry more than a week’s worth of groceries with the right type of equipment.

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        4 days ago

        That is a lot more than a 4 minute drive then.

        Going to the shop here by car is by google maps, “typically 7-12 mins” for a 2 mile trip and that is a pretty accurate estimate. I can cycle it reliably in 10 and don’t even have to sober up.