Living in a walkable city means my weekly shop is a few hours of walking or biking instead of being stuck in traffic, and I’m only mildly tired afterwards since I use a bike with pretty large pannier bags. Since I have no car related costs I can afford more fresh food, a healthier diet, and I can afford to be more choosy about the ethics of what I buy. There’s a twice weekly farmers market about a ten minute walk away, and quiet walks through parks to get to the shops. Living somewhere with car centric infrastructure, as I used to, this lifestyle was far less feasible.

Have your experiences been different with moving to walkable/bikeable cities? Any questions or points to be made? I’m not very up on the theory side of city planning, but my experiences line up with the whole “fuck cars” thing.

  • Kalkaline English
    6•6 months ago

    Look at Richie Rich over here, able to afford groceries and a city apartment.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•6 months ago

        Pshhh maybe globally upturned nose

        Till you got the yacht you’re only a “have”:

        • have yacht
        • have
        • have not

        PS: great haul, feels like plastics are the next thing to try to tackle

        • @Gradually_AdjustingOPEnglish
          5•6 months ago

          I could minimise the plastics more, but I’m at my mental energy limit as it is. A kid with ADHD is unreal.

          Edit: my mom lives on a yacht lol

        • @[email protected]English
          1•6 months ago

          Wait… do you mean I can just win capitalism if I use the money I saved for a deposit on a house and buy a shitty yacht instead?

    • @[email protected]English
      6•6 months ago

      Groceries are very affordable in the UK if you’re buying simple ingredients like this. Those Italian hard cheeses and the 2 kg of chicken are the most expensive things, probably 3£ and change each, the rest of those items are like 1-2£ each. This is most of a week’s food for like 40£.

      • @Gradually_AdjustingOPEnglish
        4•6 months ago

        My total shop today was about £120, but would have been closer to 70 if not for the wine, beer, and a few other things. It feeds 3.

        • TwofacetonyEnglish
          4•6 months ago

          … that, and the good ol’ bundy ginger beer

      • TheEmpireStrikesDakEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        Before the Ukraine invasion, I used to be able to do my weekly shop for under a fiver. Maybe £8ish if I was stocking up on store cupboard stuff. It’s more than doubled since then.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•6 months ago

          Yeah, I know it’s got way more expensive here the last few years, but it’s still much cheaper than in the US or on the continent