One of the best things about living in a walkable place is that the concept of a weekly shop is basically dead - access to grocery shopping is available enough that I can go as many or as few times to shop as is warranted.

Granted, this usually adds up to once a week or less, but yeah. Big benefit.

This is an important concept to be imparted on those who do not understand the benefits of walkable places - a frequent question is how they can manage to complete their weekly shop without a car, since the car is in their mind needed to transport enough groceries to last the entire week. This is of course necessitated by the fact that their ideal location to shop for groceries is a significant distance away that can only be completed in a practical manner by car.

With where I live, this is unwarranted because I have access to convenient grocery shopping about 200 meters away by foot, and for ideal pricing I go 1 km away on a bike with storage on the rack. I do not want for variety either, I've got multiple speciality shops and 5 different grocery chains within a 1 km radius.

is a few hours of walking

Hmmm, I dont think people want to walk for hours to complete a grocery shopping trip? Walkable means you’re done in 20mins max, that’s a reasonable standard given what some urban areas already have.

I'm most interested in the Dinosaur Quiz.

why are cucumbers wrapped in plastic? WHY ARE THEY WRAPPED IN PLASTIC?

Not that you posted to be judged on your weekly shop, but given you're on this sub and interested in social issues, thought you might want to know that brewdog are kinda arseholes to their staff:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/10/brewdog-staff-craft-beer-firm-letter

A few hours!? I live in a walkable city and the nearest store is 3-4 minutes and 3 others within 20 minutes.

Did you drink half of the hot sauce on the way home?

A few… hours?

Got thirsty on the trip home and drank a third of the Sriracha and most of the soy sauce? We've all been there

I live in NYC. It's pretty great.

I can walk a couple minutes to some bodegas. A couple more minutes to some small groceries. Looking at the map, there's a couple supermarkets I forgot existed within 15 minutes of walking, in addition to the two I usually go to. There's also other useful stuff like pharmacies, hardware stores, libraries, and so on. This isn't a fancy or especially expensive neighborhood.

I have a hand cart for when I want to buy something heavy.

I haven't had a car for like 15 years. I have no regrets. None of the "But what if it rains??" fears have ever been a problem. I can only remember twice in 15 years I needed to borrow someone's car to move stuff.

I can’t even imagine. Where I grew up, the closest gas station was a 10 minute drive. No way were you walking anywhere to buy some thing.

Ever since I first lived in the city center during nursing school I always make it a priority to live somewhere walkable with public transport. But I do sacrifice apartment space for it.

Right now I have several supermarkets (including Aldi) and a tram stop in my immediate walking distance. I do all my shopping by foot and I guess I would have to go twice for that amount OP carried home on their bike.

But I have to say, that I mostly drink tap water (+Tea/Koffee) which is very good quality at my location. If I had to carry crates of water and other beverages it would be much harder. Not everyone has that choice unfortunately.

Look at Richie Rich over here, able to afford groceries and a city apartment.

Your grocery store sells just loose Pokémon cards? The ones around here have people fist fighting for them.

A few hours for your weekly shopping??? Bruh, you are throwing your life away