[mojuba]

There's local groceries though, also local services that can't be remote or online. Groceries alone is a big part of my budget after rent. Clothes & stuff I have managed to bring to the minimum: one or two online purchases per month at most (some months even zero)

[legerdemain]

My local grocer is a Safeway (a nationwide American store chain). For most of the year, fruits and vegetables are imported from other states or countries, like cherries from South America and lettuce from California. And I doubt my Cheerios and Nutella are cooked locally. Pretty much the only local impact of grocery shopping is all the low-paying jobs they create, like shelf stockers and Instacart people.