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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I don't see this as a bad thing. The biggest gripe I have with car culture is not that there are gas cars on the road, but rather we build copious amounts of infrastructure unsustainably to accommodate them.
If we can remove non-critical car journeys from roads, everyone is better off for it. Taxpayers, governments, environmentalists, and the end consumer who doesn't need to be inconvenienced going shopping all the time, especially when most things can either be carried on a bike, walked with a backpack, or delivered in a reasonably sized van.
As a new parent, I love having things shipped to my house. Waaaaaaay better than the alternative.
Reduce reasons to drive, improve public transit and microtransit options, and cities will benefit greatly.
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In theory I agree, but is what is playing out? Everybody getting basic things delivered all the time, but people are still out all the time.
My parents and other older people point this out all the time. "Why is there all this random traffic in the middle of day?" "Why are all the shops, supermarket, pharmacy, cafe's all busy?" "Anybody working? Why is everybody out?"
I do virtually no online shopping except for an item or two a year. Friends of mine who buy virtually everything online, get Skip the dishes daily and are out all the time are prime examples.
Everything has become a throw away culture, cheap, fast, easy, return whatever, buy it in 3 different sizes and colours and return the rest.
So many things to me just seem so wasteful personally