• SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee
    11·
    4 days ago

    Tell me about it. I grew up and have most lived in suburban Southern California. I do take a train and an express bus when I work onsite, but if I had to depend on the bus for things like everyday shopping? A simple trip to the supermarket and home would be 3 hours at least.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 days ago

      Meanwhile here in a not even particularly walkable city in Germany a trip to the supermarket on foot is less than 15 minutes for a round-trip (not counting time spent inside the supermarket since that varies a lot of course).

    • ray@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      And that’s why we also need mixed use zoning. The grocery store doesn’t need to be so far away if it doesn’t need a huge parking lot and to feed a population from many many miles away