I was talking to a friend and complaining that the nearest grocery store is 3km from me, he says that Europeans consider that a reasonable distance to the store and I’m just being lazy.
I don’t have a car, I don’t have a bike, and the bus only comes by every four hours. Am I being unreasonable for not wanting to carry groceries 3km in 30C weather, or is my friend full of shit? Neither of us have been to Europe.
I’m in the glorious position that I have to cross the road once to get to the baker that is a supermarket too, another road crossing and I’m at the butcher. From my door to the bakery, to the butcher and back home… 200m.
The next Aldi, Tedi and REWE is about a kilometer away.
Right now I’m working on a medical repair to my Achilles, so a round trip with any of barber, family doctor, hospital(MRI), blood lab, groceries, dentist, pharmacy, pizza, home, is about 700m and includes way too many medical stops.
The metro is 40m the other direction if I need access to a big shopping center.