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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by phkahler on Monday January 12, 2026 @09:22AM (#46588898)
>> I walk 4km to work when its nice out here in Europe. Could I do that in the USA?

I had a business trip to Germany (from the US) and found it enlightening. We all went out to eat after work one night and a couple of the local Germans had to walk 20 minutes from the restaurant to the train station to go home and didn't think anything of it. It wasn't a big deal to walk, but you'd never do that here in the US - or at least in Michigan where we have no real public transportation.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by garbawarb on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:38AM (#46589868)
That's not uncommon in New York either.
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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by heraldgeezer on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:45AM (#46590947)
One (1) city in the USA with 10million people vs most of Europe depending on how urban it is.

My small Swedish town of 50k has buses going everywhere every 10min. An American town of 50k is a village where there is maybe 1 bus line.

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Re:Ozempic reduced grocery spending by an average of 5.3% in... by rsynnott on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:47PM (#46592530)
> a couple of the local Germans had to walk 20 minutes from the restaurant to the train station to go home and didn't think anything of it

I mean, why on earth would they think anything of it?

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