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Re:Cars kill cities by ajju on Thursday January 26, 2012 @04:55AM (#3513498)
>How many days can you feed your family on 2 bags of groceries?

4 of us actually live 2 blocks from the grocery store and I think someone gets a couple of bags every other day. The "10 bags of groceries" shopping trip is actually an effect of cars (and suburbanization). When cities are walkable, grocery stores are nearby too.

I think it's obvious that just like a family of 6 can't fit on a bicycle and would need a SUV to go to Florida, you'd need a big vehicle to get a TV home. Presumably, you don't buy a TV every week.

Re:Cars kill cities by bdunbar on Friday January 27, 2012 @02:59AM (#3517522)
When cities are walkable, grocery stores are nearby too.

I live in a small town in the American midwest, considered very walkable, lots of bike lanes, etc.

We don't have smaller retail stores within walking distance. Instead we have big-box grocery stores like everywhere else.

We _used_ to have those but in the late 50s they were zoned out of existence.