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re: This "walkable cities" thing I keep hearing about...
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:32 pm to Smeg
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:32 pm to Smeg
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Going to the grocery is a big deal when I have a car. It takes 8 plus trips been and forth from the car in the driveway. Cases of canned drinks, gallons of milk and OJ, bulky packages of paper towels or toilet paper, etc. I'm convinced you are single people who don't maintain a household.
If you were walking to the grocery store you likely wouldn’t get 8 trips worth of groceries at once. You’d get enough for a few meals. When you live a couple blocks away it isn’t a big inconvenience to just pop in the store a few times a week.
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:33 pm to crazy4lsu
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My god how fat are you?
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Cases of canned drinks, gallons of milk and OJ
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:34 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Just curious, when did you leave Seattle?
I left a few years ago, but my family is still there. We are leaving to go see them tomorrow.
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They were uber pushy.
Post-2016, they seemed to get more aggressive. Maybe they've gotten harder to ignore though.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:34 pm to crazy4lsu
He is still going to the store to buy items like TP and Paper towels. Takes time to catch up.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:35 pm to crazy4lsu
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All this is entirely doable in a denser city.
Because I run a household and have done it for years. I go to grocery and Sam's Club once a week. I know how much space / weight the groceries take up.
Most of you are single 20 somethings that don't know shite from shinola.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:35 pm to crazy4lsu
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All this is entirely doable in a denser city.
You're not buying a weeks worth of groceries and carrying them home, for a family.
I make more trips to the store as I have one next door to me, but its more expensive and its a natural food place. I have to do daily almost daily shopping. Its annoying.
I suppose one or two people could easily walk their groceries home several times a week. Watching people try to get on the bus system with that stuff is laughable.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:36 pm to jclem11
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Ban parking minimums.
Understatement. It's hysterical when people cite small government but want the city/county to force developers to provide off-street parking.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:36 pm to crazy4lsu
And you are missing that is what people want these days. They have $100K cars that blow breezes on their balls and keep their mochhiato-frappe-sugar foam cold in cooled cup holders.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:37 pm to Epic Cajun
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If you were walking to the grocery store you likely wouldn’t get 8 trips worth of groceries at once. You’d get enough for a few meals.
Why the frick would I want to walk and carry that shite several days a week instead of driving it all at once?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:38 pm to Smeg
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Why the frick would I want to walk and carry that shite several days a week instead of driving it all at once?
Exercise? See your neighbors? Fresher food? Time spent with the family?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:38 pm to Smeg
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Why the frick would I want to walk and carry that shite several days a week instead of driving it all at once?
Agree. Its a huge waste of time. Spend way more time shopping.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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You're not buying a weeks worth of groceries and carrying them home, for a family.
I mean, if the dude is getting TP, paper towels, boxes of canned drinks every damn week, yeah, it might be difficult. It honestly sounds like the entire family is drinking soda and shitting their brains out. It's arguably easier to get those items delivered to your doorstep, especially now. For me, going to the store 2-3 times a week is preferable than going once a week.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:43 pm to Smeg
I just genuinely enjoy walking places, I’m sorry that offends you. 
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:46 pm to Epic Cajun
When Harry's closed it took away my walkable hardware store.
Can still do Freret, but it more than one beer away.
Much more fun walking than driving, parking, waiting, driving, gas, etc...
Can still do Freret, but it more than one beer away.
Much more fun walking than driving, parking, waiting, driving, gas, etc...
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:51 pm to fightin tigers
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Much more fun walking than driving, parking, waiting, driving, gas, etc...
Yep. Cars are just giant money pits that we have been convinced are the only way.
The amount of money we could save if we didn't have the expense of the car itself, maintenance, gas, insurance, tires, registration and inspection fees.
Ditching the car is just ideal. And go a rent one when you need it to move or go out of town.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:54 pm to jclem11
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The amount of money we could save if we didn't have the expense of the car itself, maintenance, gas, insurance, tires, registration and inspection fees.
As long as you are willing to pay more taxes and give up your lifestyle to live in an environment you don't want to live in.
I'm glad people spend their money to live further away. I couldn't imagine sacrificing to live in the more dense cities. Just not worth it to me.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:55 pm to jclem11
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The amount of money we could save if we didn't have the expense of the car itself, maintenance, gas, insurance, tires, registration and inspection fees
Jesus, are you just a bunch of broke arse baristas that are jealous you can't afford a vehicle?
Posted on 12/22/22 at 3:55 pm to Smeg
Run.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 4:10 pm to fightin tigers
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I couldn't imagine sacrificing to live in the more dense cities. Just not worth it to me.
I've lived in a couple of different cities in my life and they've pretty much lost all of their appeal to me at this point. I'd never consider not owning a vehicle either.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 4:12 pm to Smeg
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If you want to walk, carrying heavy bags of groceries back to your place in the hot and humid New Orleans summer, enjoy. I would be happier riding in air condition with the groceries in my trunk.
I hated lugging groceries the 7 blocks from Rouses back to my apartment.
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