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 have shop few meters away from my home, but I only go there, when I forgot to buy something or just quickly needs snacks for a movie or it’s bad weather, but usually I just buy everything from other grocery store which is 2 km away, but has better food and cheaper prices. Sometimes I also walk to big supermarket which is 4 km away.
3 km doesn’t seem much for me or most of my friends,some of them even own a car and still walk 2-4 km to the grocery shop, instead of driving, but some people I know, would rather drive a car or take a bus.