randomly, part 2 (personal)

[lagilman]

I grew up in suburban NJ, home of shopping malls and supermarkets, among many other wonderous things. But as a city-dweller for the past 8 years, and a happily car-less one for most of those, it's rare that I go to an Actual Grocery Store and load up a car. But since I had Sibling Loaner this week, I did so this morning.

Thus reminding me of two things:

1. Suburban-style supermarkets are kind of awesome, but hauling things in from the car is a PitA (even though I managed to find a parking spot right outside my building).

2. I seriously pay for the convenience of being able to order my groceries at any time of day (or, more often, 3am) and have them delivered, without the cost of owning/operating a car. Okay, maybe that last bit more than evens things out. But still: a car full of foodstuff (fruit, veggies, meats, dairy) for under $100. Yahsssssss.

(but also 3. the quality of meats at my on-line grocery is better than even at the high-end supermarket. And a larger selection of local small producers/farmers, which is more expensive but I can afford to indulge my preferences there. So there's that.)

Comments

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

We have a 24 hour grocery store here in town, its a thing of beauty. My patch of Suburbia has 6 grocery stores in a small radius. Well, small in that is a 5 mile radius.

[lagilman]

we have three supermarkets within a 2 mile radius (a Pathmark, a Key Foods, and an independent market that is a thing of beauty and 1001 different cheeses). The issue isn't location, but how much you can haul back without a car...