[w00pla]

> which isn't free, and the other is that customers strongly prefer to shop where free parking is available.

It is not just that. The mere act of shopping at most stores requires a car.

In Japan for example all fairly big items (such as chairs, etc...) gets delivered. You do not buy 24 cans of coke and a liter of mayonnaise and take it on the train with you. You buy one ridiculously small can of coke at a small (and expensive) convenience store near you.

So, I wouldn't be as quick as to require all people shopping to not come with a car.

Living in the suburbs has its advantages - cheap storage space, etc... So you can actually buy in bulk.

[jrockway]

I buy in bulk (from Amazon) and live in the city center. Food does not take up that much space.