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US driving-based infrastructure is fucked. Stores should be small and 15 minute walk away and sell bread and sometimes feel oddly sapphic in a way.
That’s how it is in the Netherlands. I’m not gonna lie sometimes I do miss the vast choice you find in french hypermarkets but mostly because it’s also accompanied by very qualitative and just downright tasty stuff, but for daily life the small, nearby shops like in NL are definitely best.
Hey, can you pick up some butter while you’re out? Thanks.
Honestly since my husband started working from home he asks every day if we need anything from the store just so he can get out of the house.
If I lived walking distance from the shops I would for sure be there like every couple days for fresh food, minimum.
With how far USians apparently have to drive to buy shit, I’d assume shopping lists were common sense. I have a 10 minute walk and I’m too lazy to go more than once a week.
(I’m assuming USian because “store”)
I have a store within 10 minutes walking distance, and two more within 20, because my city was not planned by idiots. I go quite often, because why hoard specific ingredients for a meal I want to make? Except of course some emergency stock and “the usual” nonperishable stuff. Besides, my backpack only holds a limited amount of stuff.
We have 2 grocery stores in walking distance, not great ones but one has a liquor store and also sells 10 limes for $1 so I do go there sometimes.
The one we do weekly, is about 4 miles I think? So an easy 20-30 minutes on the electric bike (if my husband can’t go I take the bike) or a quick drive. Better store though.
A lot of people have them delivered now, but yes the grocery run is a weekly affair. Even with a list though, you wind up realizing you forgot to buy X and you can make dinner without it but it just won’t be as good and it’ll feel like a waste of your roast or whatever.
My friend goes several times a week because it’s like 10 min walk. If I lived that close I wouldn’t, and I know this because I lived with them for a while, but it is a good way to burn off dinner before you eat it, I guess.
I go every day but that’s because it’s a 1.5 minute drive and I’m already doing the kindergarten pickup so I’m not starting the car just to go to the shop usually.
I COULD walk to the shop and it would be like 15 min each way, but I’d still need to drive to kindy so there’s little point in doing that currently
I hate shopping lists. If I have to plan for multiple days, I’m forgetting something off the list.
I’m incapable of planning a weekly menu because my SO has ASD and the whole menu could end up not sounding good.
Incapable of long term planning you are
Called out
