Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford
by freehunter on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:20PM
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You'd be surprised. Maybe not Chicago, but there are a lot of cities with zero grocery stores. It was big news in my Midwestern city when a Meijer went in downtown because people living downtown used to have to drive or take the bus outside of the city to do their grocery shopping.
It's always a big question in my city, "can you live here without a car?" and most of it has historically hinged on grocery shopping.
I think we're from the same city. However I was fortunate enough to live within walking distance of a market a few miles outside of downtown before moving.
Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford
by pgsbathhouse2 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @08:53PM
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>It was big news in my Midwestern city
What city?
Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford
by freehunter on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @02:38PM
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Grand Rapids MI
Why presume what I believe? I live in the city and the closer I get to the core of the city the fewer venues there are for domestic living and everything turns into restaurants and offices.
Re:We've Built Cities We Can't Afford
by pgsbathhouse2 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @08:52PM
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>Why presume what I believe?
It was a question. You asked the question, and it can only be asked as a non-rhetorical question if it is predicated on ignorance and some a priori perspective.
>I live in the city
Are you talking about an "actual" city, or an urban sprawl?
What kind of weird question is this? "Downtowns" are _more_ accessible for people, not less. That's why they are more expensive by the foot.
Are you under the belief that there are no markets or services in cities? This seems like a perspective you can get from only living in the suburban non-sense that America has constructed.