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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by pif on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:09PM (#32595778)
Parent wrote:

> it's simply not economically viable

You replied:

> t’s just that these small groceries cannot outcompete supermarkets

So you are confirming what he said.

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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by Xylakant on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:13PM (#32595837)
No, I’m not. The stores are economically viable unless you have a car centric culture. Car centric culture makes walkable mid-density neighborhoods unviable.
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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by falcolas on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:23PM (#32596009)
Cars are no longer the only way to bring in goods from outside walking distance. Online orders can also supplant the need for cars in suburbs, while producing a significantly more options than a mom&pop grocery store.

And with Covid restrictions and work-from-home, deliveries and online ordering were cemented as normal behavior.

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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by alistairSH on Thursday August 25, 2022 @01:15PM (#32596822)
Online orders can also supplant the need for cars

Uh, somebody has to deliver those orders. And in the US, that's by car (van). You might make single-car households more viable with pervasive online ordering/delivery, but you don't necessarily change the core character of the neighborhood that way.

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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by Xylakant on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:36PM (#32596235)
The bakery in my parents town is famous enough for their bread that some people drive 50kms to buy that bread. No delivery service will come close to that, no way. Though I generally agree with that: the need for individual cars will become less and less as more options become available.
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Re:Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not fo... by falcolas on Thursday August 25, 2022 @12:39PM (#32596279)
So the bakery relies at least partially on car culture to survive?

And there's always services who will pick up bread from such locations and deliver it. With or without the bakery's backing.

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