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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

I'm not sure if this Mason guy is being serious or not

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Do American suburbs not have the concept of a "corner shop"? Somewhere you can grab some basics by walking there in 5 to 10 minutes?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

No because they’re quite literally illegal in most neighborhoods. This is starting to change but developers don’t want to do anything different or innovative so they’re still rolling out the same moronic plans we have for the past however many decades.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

They basically only exist in more urban areas, not suburbs. And, as someone else mentioned, they mostly sell garbage.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

No. They exist, but they basically only have beer, cigarettes, chips, and candy. No actual food.

They're also very badly overpriced.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yes we have that concept. We just don't often have that reality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Most are gone. T a combination of being zoned out and people being willing to drive 30 minutes to a big box store instead of walking 5 to a corner market nuked most of them.

I have a map of where they used to be in my city 100 years ago. (We do transit advocacy and need data on city history.) They used to be every 400m or so across the entire city, but now? Only a few remain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They don’t. It sucks.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

You'd think the people living in this 'walkable' neighbourhood would end up starving and being underweight ... when in fact they all just end up overweight with diabetes and heart disease

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

I walked 3 miles today and carrying groceries in a plastic bag fucking exhausted me

They have to go 7.4 miles just to buy an energy drink and come back

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I live in an apartment building. The liquor store is on the ground floor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm neighbors with my gas station/liquor store combo but the bus service makes almost the whole town in my reach.... Furthermore I can't think of a single place that isn't walkable if you're willing to cover the distance at least here. City limits hit and pedestrian access stop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Furthermore I can't think of a single place that isn't walkable if you're willing to cover the distance at least here. City limits hit and pedestrian access stop.

You can walk on dirt, can't you? You don't need a sidewalk. Just be willing to walk 30 miles in the dirt. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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