[phpisthebest]

Nope I prefer cheap food and a large selection at a Large Kroger or Walmart then expensive food and limited options from a corner NYC style "bodega"

as do most people that live in the suburbs which is why suburbs are not "walk-able" because people leave the cities to escape walkablity

I dont want to walk anywhere but from my front door to my car

[nkrisc]

> a Large Kroger or Walmart then expensive food and limited options from a corner NYC style "bodega"

There’s a lot in between those two extremes.

My favorite neighborhood I’ve lived in was on the Northside of Chicago where I had a medium-sized, independent grocery down the block on the local arterial road and a neighborhood of single family homes in the blocks surrounding it. The arterial roads have commerce, and the side streets have homes. You can walk, you can drive, take transit.

> I dont want to walk anywhere but from my front door to my car

I’m sorry for you.

[pavel_lishin]

This is a false dichotomy. You can have reasonably priced food you can walk to.

[phpisthebest]

Basic economies of scale disagree,

Neighborhood stores will not have the volume to support a 100-300,000 sqfoot store, with all the selections I get at my local supermarket that services many many neighborhoods

[anotherhue]

I politely suggest you might be under scoring your body's needs and how they affect your life.

[phpisthebest]

I politely suggest that zoning is not the proper regulatory framework to score, assess or influence what by body needs.