There's no reason you should need to drive for that kind of stuff. Sure, it takes 5 minutes, but it's worse for your health, the environment, your wallet, and your morale.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I never said you should. Only that the above in no way describes the majority experience. It's really not that stressful in the least bit. It's a 10 minute experience with an extra wide parking spot for your f150 at one of the dozens of choices you'll have to grab your eggs.

I am particularly lucky in that I could go to Wegmans or one of several farms within that 10 minute time frame.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago

It's far closer to my hometown experience than what you describe.

I know of 2 grocery stores there (the other half of that town is a mystery to me, probably a couple more there but it was 10 minutes just to get over the bridge, 40+ minutes in the summer, so I never went there), and they got their first supermarket in a decade about 5 years ago now, after the previous one closed 10 years before. For a town of 30,000.

Granted, it's a summer vacation town, so it's like 60% rich people's summer homes, but everybody I've talked to who's lived in a summer town has described more or less the same experiences that I had growing up.

When I lived there, it was a 5-7 minute drive to the closest grocery, where you could pay tourist prices, or 20 minutes to that new supermarket. Your other option was to drive to the next town over or 30 minutes by highway in the other direction.

[–] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Caught the Upstate NY-er

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[–] Exec@pawb.social 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Drive, a mile? To a whole hypermarket for eggs? I'd just walk down the 95 meters to the grocery store here to get those missing eggs

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Okay, that's still a similar effort. And I don't disagree the preferred approach. The above is absurd though. If anything it describes a more rural experience and still quite exaggerated IMO.

The above is fantasy circle jerk material. Meme better and have a basis of truth. Those are the best memes.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 12 points 7 months ago (5 children)

If I didn't have to dox myself for that I'd gladly go out and record my way to the store. Just because you can't have basic necessities over there across the pond it doesn't mean everyone is going out of their way to lie for magic internet points.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 62 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Suburbanite in a proper suburb: "Come child, walk with me to the corner store to pick up some eggs."

[–] LuckyBoy@lemmy.world 51 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I see that as the european version.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was debating with myself if I should say that. But I thought I shouldn't exclude third world countries.

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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The distinction here is not "suburb and non-suburb", it's "car-dependent suburb and non-car-dependent suburb" the large large majority are the former.

https://youtu.be/MWsGBRdK2N0?si=L7Jz-SvZS_xkahyG

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago

Stay close child, there is no sidewalk and car traffic is moving at 35mph

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I'm in a rural town in the USA and I have all these options available. 5 minutes away from grocery stores and restaurants, fresh produce and eggs growing in my own backyard. Room for my kids and pets to roam and no HOA and even low amounts of traffic to deal with.

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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

egg

Was not expecting something about literal eggs.

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[–] shani66@ani.social 27 points 7 months ago (20 children)

Suburbs should not exist. I get Urban, i get rural, but there is absolutely nothing justifying suburban.

[–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

When rural community populations increase, should we advocate for euthanasia or forced relocation?

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (20 children)

Living within 30 minutes of my job in the city costs $3,000/month in rent for a 800sf apartment. Living within walking distance would cost $4,000 if I could even find anything to rent.

Living an hour away costs $750/month in rent for a 1200sf trailer. My car note is $450/month and I spend about $300/month on gasoline on average. All in my rent, vehicle, and gas is half the cost of just the rent in the city.

Yeah - there's an extra hour lost every day to the drive, but the savings comes out to around $75/hr for that commute. And I have the freedom to travel anywhere I want with my vehicle on top of that.

So yeah, I live suburban and fuck anyone who criticizes me for making that sensible economic decision.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't criticize you at all.

But that is a urban planning problem. Because they didn't build enough housing and public transportation.

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[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

USA moment in the middle

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I've been an urban pedestrian/cyclist all my life. Unfortunately I chose a career path that means I now have to work far from a city. I just failed my driving test. I don't even want to drive. I fucking hate this so much.

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What if I'm a rural non-farmer?

[–] variants@possumpat.io 19 points 7 months ago

Then you will die, eventually

[–] knightly@pawb.social 12 points 7 months ago

Trade with your neighbors.

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 18 points 7 months ago (15 children)

me, being broke/cheap/lazy: repeats recipe search adding keyword "eggless"

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[–] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago (9 children)

...do you know how crowded Costco is on Sundays.

As a German: I hate you.

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 7 months ago

your chicken hasn't laid an egg? go ask your neighbor! They'll probably have some.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I live in suburbia in the US and I can walk to 3 different grocery stores from my house. If I go to the warehouse store, I will drive. Between telework, walking, and avoiding unnecessary trips to various places, I try to drive less than 1 mile per day.

Density kinda sucks to live in, but we can all make more effort to waste less energy.

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[–] Stormygeddon@startrek.website 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Blood is a good replacement for eggs in recipe. Use like 4 tablespoons per egg you'd have used in your recipe.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Instructions unclear: I grabbed 4 tablespoons like you said but it won't stop. Oh God it's everywhere, and it hurts so bad. Halp.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Suburbanite should ideally go to their backyard garden/ chicken coop

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

And then the HOA puts a lien on your home for refusing to get rid of your chickens.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Death to HOAs.

I still rent, unfortunately, (southern California) but at least my neighborhood doesn’t have an HOA. Those suburban sprawl super sterile neighborhoods like I grew up in in another state are just not at all attractive to live in.

I have a pretty large garden and sometime this year will have a chicken coop, as it’s allowed here as long as no roosters. Also just bought a greenhouse kit. Eating your own food is incredible.

!gardening@lemmy.world !balconygardening@slrpnk.net !backyardchickens@lemmy.ca !greenhouse_growers@lemmy.world

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago (7 children)

In Europe at least it is super hard to afford rent inside the centre of a big city. But yeah being a “walking pedestrian” is soooo cool.

And you can actually do it in the urban suburbs :) but in Paris for example, the cost of living is so high in the suburbs and the center.

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