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Just walk and buy the stuff. In a way, I miss how before apps, places just had two or three delivery guys
Related video; "Why Convenience is Killing Us" Levi Hildebrand - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpe8te3PdkA
Just walk? Okay, I can do that if I want... Subway. 22 minutes. That's fine. The next closest place to eat is FOUR HOURS there and back just walking. That is not a universal solution in the US.
consequences of having human living spaces designed to prioritize non human entities,
You're 100% correct and it's very appropiate that we are discussing this in c/fuckcars .
If you live in midtown high-rise shit, you will pay $20, and waste 4 hrs of time and energy, now your kids crying and fiance fighting with you to not why just pay $30 and order delivery instead. It's 200% not worth it but also means this shitty urban planning that priorities corporal revenues on its residents expense should change. Look it up btw even local restaurants suffer; The only winner here is Uber eats.
It's a very unfortunate vicious cycle. Urban planning makes it easy for people to drive around and hard to walk around, which puts stores and eating places farther away, which makes online ordering more likely, which increases car traffic, which reinforces the need of urban planning for cars...
Agreed, I miss delivery being associated with a restaurant. There was better accountability.
But I also live in a walkable area, so it's easy for me to say 'just walk'.
If you walk the roads near me you won't live long.
Where the fuck do you live that’s so dangerous?!!
Shitty suburban Ohio. No shoulder on the road, no bike lanes, no sidewalk. Two lane roads with relatively high speed limits and lots of heavy truck traffic.
Lots of crosses from dead pedestrians and cyclists. The last time I walked home two miles from the tire shop I had three people stop to offer me a ride. Everyone knows you shouldn't be on these roads without a vehicle.
Oh, I’ve experienced that near Windham, OH. Makes total sense.
Where the fuck do you live that’s so dangerous?!!