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
    93·
    5 months ago

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

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        5 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

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          5·
          5 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

    • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      5 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£.