Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 14, 2018 19:31:07 GMT
We're probably in a grocery store, or smaller "grocer's", or we buy grocery-type stuff from a deli or drug store etc. at least every other day on average. It might be a bit more frequent than that.
And we eat food from outside at least as often as not.
That's because we live in New York City, though. You can't just drive to the grocery store and then drive back home and unload. There's no place to park on either end.
We have a few small/limited selection stores within a couple blocks of us. The nearest bigger grocery stores are about a half mile from our place. The easiest/quickest way for me to get there is on my bicycle. So I only buy what I can carry back home on the bike. That means more trips for fewer items at a time. Same if you're walking, which is what my wife does.
Sometimes--maybe once every three weeks or so, I go to Trader Joe's with the car, but I typically go about 17 miles for that--all the way out to Millburn, NJ. There are closer Trader Joe's, including in Manhattan, but the Millburn store has a parking lot, so it's easy on that end--there's no place to park near the Manhattan stores, and the Hoboken store is a hassle in terms of traffic (though sometimes I bike there--we're in Jersey City a lot, too. My recording/rehearsal studio is there). It's convenient because I like to hike in that area (Millburn). South Mountain Reservation, one of my favorite places for 2-4 hour hikes, is right behind Trader Joe's more or less.
I often have to park a half mile or so from our apartment back home, but I can get everything in one or two trips.
And we eat food from outside at least as often as not.
That's because we live in New York City, though. You can't just drive to the grocery store and then drive back home and unload. There's no place to park on either end.
We have a few small/limited selection stores within a couple blocks of us. The nearest bigger grocery stores are about a half mile from our place. The easiest/quickest way for me to get there is on my bicycle. So I only buy what I can carry back home on the bike. That means more trips for fewer items at a time. Same if you're walking, which is what my wife does.
Sometimes--maybe once every three weeks or so, I go to Trader Joe's with the car, but I typically go about 17 miles for that--all the way out to Millburn, NJ. There are closer Trader Joe's, including in Manhattan, but the Millburn store has a parking lot, so it's easy on that end--there's no place to park near the Manhattan stores, and the Hoboken store is a hassle in terms of traffic (though sometimes I bike there--we're in Jersey City a lot, too. My recording/rehearsal studio is there). It's convenient because I like to hike in that area (Millburn). South Mountain Reservation, one of my favorite places for 2-4 hour hikes, is right behind Trader Joe's more or less.
I often have to park a half mile or so from our apartment back home, but I can get everything in one or two trips.