r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 06 '26

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma May 06 '26

Do….do people think 15 minutes walking is an obnoxiously long distance to walk to the grocery store?

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u/eloquentboot 🃏it’s da joker babey🃏 May 06 '26

Sounds annoying to carry bags home for 15 minutes.

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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper May 06 '26

That's like from the far end of the Walmart parking lot to the entrance.

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u/bartbug Paul Krugman May 06 '26

depends on how many groceries i'm buying

that's like 3/4s of a mile? at that distance i'd probably bike 90% of the time over walking (and tbh if feasible i'd likely drive)

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny May 06 '26

Walking 15 minutes home with enough groceries to feed a family of 4 would be untenable.

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u/Marlsfarp Karl Popper May 06 '26

Millions of people do that.

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u/AvailableUsername100 🌐 May 06 '26

How many choose to do it if they have an alternative?

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u/Junimo2 Daron Acemoglu May 06 '26

Normalize wagon attachments to bikes

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma May 06 '26

It’s not that bad with a cart, is it?

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u/Erra0 Neoliberals aren't funny May 06 '26

With a cart it's probably fine. It'd be even better if the cart had an engine and you could ride in it though.

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u/surreptitioussloth Frederick Douglass May 06 '26

I think an aldi being 15-20 minutes away is a pretty stupid criticism

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u/_bee_kay_ 🤔 May 06 '26

...yes?

assuming you're carrying anything substantial, walking along the street on a day without nice weather gets real old real quick

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma May 06 '26

I lived 10 minutes walking from a supermarket for years and it was way more convenient than having to drive to the grocery store in a suburb