I’m all for less car. However, when I think of all the shit me family normally buys every week on a supermarket on the other side of town… it already can sometimes be complicated getting it all up the stairs (and you better believe I am NOT gonna go for round two). I can’t imagine how difficult it’d be… nay, IMPOSSIBLE, to carry all that shit on foot or bike across town
Granted, back when I had a job and lived alone, going by the supermarket on the way back home was easy. Did it on a daily basis, and never needed too much. Stack shit on my backpack and get going
Other than that, yeah, I walk around a lot. Don’t drive much. I imagine, though, travelling could be difficult depending on destination. I can get places with public transport, but I don’t know if a back and forth to the beach, for instance, could be easily done (though I’ve never checked)
I empathize with you and understand your position. That being said, if everyone in your community were to be willing to pay higher prices at a more local grocer, they would be able to reduce prices over time. That would also require zoning deregulation and such, but our capitalistic system demands that the larger corporation (with the ability to tank losses more easily,) amasses more consumer loyalty, and therefore drive smaller grocers out of business.
I don’t know, I’m drunk and lost the plot halfway through this comment.
Deregulation doesn’t mean abandoning all regulations. It can also mean relaxing regulations. Such as the ones that regulate a large amount of square miles to residential only.
Yeah, there is a place close by. 2-3 min. on foot, if not less. But I hear it’s pricier. I do go there from time to time, when needed urgent, but am big dumdum, no see price
doing a costco/sams club would be hard without car!
What if all that stuff were on every corner in smaller packages, or delivered on a regular train route right to your front door every couple weeks in the gratuitous quantities you love?
Not sure if you’re proposing more local stores near people around cities, or a retro-futuristic tech bro supermarket delivery train idea (in the past, people will get their groceries via a mini-clay-tablet-thing called Oober Feasts, delivered to their door by a train.) Make it a subscription thing and we talking
So, what’s the idea? Rails on every street, for a delivery train? I mean, getting stuff delivered at home like that seems fun. Though it also seems kinda lazy and removes an excuse to leave the house. And I sometimes enjoy seeing what up in the supermarket (and get some free tasting of food)
I’m all for less car. However, when I think of all the shit me family normally buys every week on a supermarket on the other side of town… it already can sometimes be complicated getting it all up the stairs (and you better believe I am NOT gonna go for round two). I can’t imagine how difficult it’d be… nay, IMPOSSIBLE, to carry all that shit on foot or bike across town
Granted, back when I had a job and lived alone, going by the supermarket on the way back home was easy. Did it on a daily basis, and never needed too much. Stack shit on my backpack and get going
Other than that, yeah, I walk around a lot. Don’t drive much. I imagine, though, travelling could be difficult depending on destination. I can get places with public transport, but I don’t know if a back and forth to the beach, for instance, could be easily done (though I’ve never checked)
I empathize with you and understand your position. That being said, if everyone in your community were to be willing to pay higher prices at a more local grocer, they would be able to reduce prices over time. That would also require zoning deregulation and such, but our capitalistic system demands that the larger corporation (with the ability to tank losses more easily,) amasses more consumer loyalty, and therefore drive smaller grocers out of business.
I don’t know, I’m drunk and lost the plot halfway through this comment.
The solution to sub-optimal regs isn’t to discard the regulations; slap the Republican child-labour advocate who told you that.
Deregulation doesn’t mean abandoning all regulations. It can also mean relaxing regulations. Such as the ones that regulate a large amount of square miles to residential only.
Yeah, there is a place close by. 2-3 min. on foot, if not less. But I hear it’s pricier. I do go there from time to time, when needed urgent, but am big dumdum, no see price
What if all that stuff were on every corner in smaller packages, or delivered on a regular train route right to your front door every couple weeks in the gratuitous quantities you love?
Not sure if you’re proposing more local stores near people around cities, or a retro-futuristic tech bro supermarket delivery train idea (in the past, people will get their groceries via a mini-clay-tablet-thing called Oober Feasts, delivered to their door by a train.) Make it a subscription thing and we talking
If deliveries are regular and rails line every street, delivery stops being a luxury.
If food is collectivized, the corner store is functionally just a deep-storage pantry. Both seem fun.
So, what’s the idea? Rails on every street, for a delivery train? I mean, getting stuff delivered at home like that seems fun. Though it also seems kinda lazy and removes an excuse to leave the house. And I sometimes enjoy seeing what up in the supermarket (and get some free tasting of food)
That’s why the other thing was suggested.