“It’s not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!”

If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    And why do you think you should need to drive?

    There’s a shitload of big stores like that in my city that I can get to in less than 20 minutes without a car.

    Your city is frankly built shit if that’s not also the case.

    • bluGill@fedia.io
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      2 months ago

      Big box stores, not just big stores. From the from door to one to the front door to the next is just barely reasonable walking distance - and that is assuming you take unsafe shortcuts, go around the parking lot on the sidewalks and it isn’t a reasonable walk (if there is snow they pile that between the two doors). If you want to go to some third store instead of the second you can’t get there in a reasonable walk.

      there are many different ways to do a big store. Big box stores are not necessarily any bigger than the others, but the layout of the doors is such that anything other than driving is discouraged by the design and if you do anyway you realize it isn’t safe. There are other big stores where walking is reasonable.