Where do you live that you are 5 miles from a grocery store? If I ride my bike 5 miles in any direction I will pass half a dozen grocery stores.
I had a quick look at Google Maps and there are at least 50 supermarkets within a 5 mile radius of my home. That radius covers the whole of the city I live in, which has 38 supermarkets, plus a sizable portion of the neighboring city, which has 24, plus a few smaller villages which all have at least one.
I went grocery shopping twice today. Once this morning to pick up some breakfast stuff and another visit in the evening to get some things for dinner. It’s a 3 minute bike ride. A grocery trip takes less than 15 minutes including the time spent in the store. I don’t think it’s possible to live farther than that from a supermarket in this city, I lived 1 minute farther away I would be closer to another supermarket.
A large portion of people in the USA do not live 5 miles from a grocery store. DGs and family dollars don’t count as a grocery store either, even though a lot of them carry food (these damn things skew distances for a lot of people).
On top of that, 5 miles gets you there…5 more miles gets you home. Average cyclist does like 10-12 mph, that’s around 25-30mins to get 5miles. So just going to the store and back is 1h cycling.
Cool let me just bike 30 miles to my job and back everyday sounds good
You’d be surprised how much easier that is with a battery and electric motor.
Who the fuck takes a job that far from home?
Maybe you do what you can to survive, fuckwit. Have you thought of that?
If your skills are so specialized that the only company that hires someone like you is that far away, you can probably afford to relocate.
You’re forgetting that the US is a shithole country. The only way to afford rent is to live far outside the city.
I’m a welding press operator and I live 20ish miles from my factory. I don’t have the money to move.
Also make sure you get groceries as well, I’m sure a weeks worth you’ll be good to carry back.
Why would you need to buy a weeks worth of groceries? Just buy for 1 or 2 days. Make additional grocery trips as needed.
Yes because everyone loves to go grocery shopping every other day, and with a bike, who cares if you gotta do another 5 miles out of the way.
Where do you live that you are 5 miles from a grocery store? If I ride my bike 5 miles in any direction I will pass half a dozen grocery stores.
I had a quick look at Google Maps and there are at least 50 supermarkets within a 5 mile radius of my home. That radius covers the whole of the city I live in, which has 38 supermarkets, plus a sizable portion of the neighboring city, which has 24, plus a few smaller villages which all have at least one.
I went grocery shopping twice today. Once this morning to pick up some breakfast stuff and another visit in the evening to get some things for dinner. It’s a 3 minute bike ride. A grocery trip takes less than 15 minutes including the time spent in the store. I don’t think it’s possible to live farther than that from a supermarket in this city, I lived 1 minute farther away I would be closer to another supermarket.
A large portion of people in the USA do not live 5 miles from a grocery store. DGs and family dollars don’t count as a grocery store either, even though a lot of them carry food (these damn things skew distances for a lot of people).
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=76598
On top of that, 5 miles gets you there…5 more miles gets you home. Average cyclist does like 10-12 mph, that’s around 25-30mins to get 5miles. So just going to the store and back is 1h cycling.
Good workout, not practical.