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Originally Posted by cheevers
Imagine being such a lazy piece of trash that the idea of walking to a grocery store is a huge problem. Another reason why our health care struggles.
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I think that's being overly harsh, tbh. The problem is that far too many North American cities were designed in the style of post-WWII low density single-use residential suburbs where being 100% car dependent
is a feature. It isn't reasonable to expect someone living in Yop Gobblerville to walk to a grocery store because quite simply there aren't any grocery stores near them located within a reasonable walking distance. If they need to do something as mundane as buying a jug of milk, that's a trip they have no choice but to make in a car. It's a huge failing in North American urban design that we've made large percentages of our population totally car dependent, and now those same people are fighting tooth and nail against any attempts to fix the problem..
Their error is in thinking that their lifestyle also applies to everyone else, but all of us who choose to live in walkable mixed-use communities know there is a better way.