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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are a few grocery stores in a 30 minute range. But none we could continue to afford long term.

  The two which we can afford are an hour away.

  Why i chose to live here? It was the only place we could realistically afford.

  I am neither considered poor nor do i own/drive a car. (My partner already did before they met me) for perspective. We also have full jobs and kids. So very little time for small trips.

  I blame urban planning and townhall. There is a small discounter who has made repeated requests to expand near our area with repeated refusals because “we already have to many (wealthy class) supermarkets”

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  • TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    can’t afford food thinks isn’t poor

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    bruh you live in a food desert

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    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not if i had money. Theres a reasonably big store a 15 minute walk away and the few times i am there for an emergency and see the markup they demand for the same products my hate for capitalism grows.

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      • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        that is by definition a food desert

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• feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its difficult to buy a week’s worth of groceries on a bike, which is often the norm in the US partly because of the car-centric nature. It’s a trip or ordeal to get groceries.

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  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I routinely buy a week’s worth of groceries on my bike. Every week.

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    • feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For a family or just for yourself? I guess I was thinking through the lens of buying for a whole family, which I know I would struggle to do on my bike.

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      • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m buying for two, but I’m also only loading one basket on my pannier rack. I could easily add another for double the capacity, along with maybe also a backpack. There’s also the possibility of using a trailer.

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