destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoI've honestly never quite realized up until now how utterly ridiculous it is that people (especially in the US) regularly demand that their food be chauffeured to them.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square366fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down158file-text
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1imageI've honestly never quite realized up until now how utterly ridiculous it is that people (especially in the US) regularly demand that their food be chauffeured to them.lemmy.worlddestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square366fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenoli@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 days agoProbably my personal bias, I have 5 different places I could get food from within 15 minutes walking. Closer to 20 when taking a bike. When I visited the US I was gobsmacked by literally everything being a 30min walk at least, even in more densely populated areas
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 days ago I have 5 different places I could get food from within 15 minutes walking. Right, not exactly a lot of variation. It only really becomes viable once you add the bike back in. So while a walk-able city is a great idea in general, it does nothing for this particular issue.
minus-squarenoli@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago5 places is plenty variation if you cook at home most days. And if you’re eating out you can easily walk a lot more as you don’t need to worry about food getting cold
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoRight. That’s a no on both ifs though.
Probably my personal bias, I have 5 different places I could get food from within 15 minutes walking. Closer to 20 when taking a bike.
When I visited the US I was gobsmacked by literally everything being a 30min walk at least, even in more densely populated areas
Right, not exactly a lot of variation. It only really becomes viable once you add the bike back in.
So while a walk-able city is a great idea in general, it does nothing for this particular issue.
5 places is plenty variation if you cook at home most days. And if you’re eating out you can easily walk a lot more as you don’t need to worry about food getting cold
Right. That’s a no on both ifs though.