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Solarpunk Urbanism

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[–] penix -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One time I did all my grocery shopping for the month by train but I had to bring six friends to help carry everything home and I had to pay for all their tickets there and back. I bought them all dinner for wasting hours in their day to do what one person could trivially accomplish with one car. It actually ended up being cheaper to just pay the premium for instacart and tip the driver.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why the fuck would you do all your grocery shopping for a month all at once? Do you not live anywhere near civilization?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well as apparently it takes them hours to get to their destination... probably not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why is this a valid point in the urbanism instance then?

[–] penix 1 points 1 year ago

It’s usually cheaper and more time efficient to stock up on more things less often. I don’t have the time or inclination to doodle around the Fred Meyers three times a week to pick up a single baguette.