I was talking to a friend and complaining that the nearest grocery store is 3km from me, he says that Europeans consider that a reasonable distance to the store and I’m just being lazy.

I don’t have a car, I don’t have a bike, and the bus only comes by every four hours. Am I being unreasonable for not wanting to carry groceries 3km in 30C weather, or is my friend full of shit? Neither of us have been to Europe.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    American here… 3km is just under 2 miles, so you’re looking at a 4 mile walk just to get to the grocery store and back?

    I wouldn’t walk that, mostly because bringing the groceries back is the problem. Maybe if you had a wagon or a cart or something.

    Closest grocery to me is 1.77km, I wouldn’t walk that either. No sidewalks all the way so you’d be feet away from vehicle traffic, and coming home with groceries would be up-hill. No thank you.