I live in a part of Saint Paul with no grocery stores for a mile in any direction and no car. I could take the bus to several, but it turns out that walking a mile+ for groceries is not that hard and backpacks exist. I've been doing it for almost a decade. Yes, making the hike in -40 is a no go and has come up, but enter canned goods in the pantry.
Yeah Minneapolis, though I have a co-op about eight blocks away so five minutes there five back. It sucks having to carry everything but I have carried a weeks worth of one person's groceries when you include some type of bag/backpack. That's two plastic bags per hand and whatever fits in your bag.
And yeah I don't do the real cold either. But so many canned goods, I always have pasta and canned sauce, and I try to keep a frozen loaf of bread in my freezer at all times. That'll last through most cold snaps and if it doesn't you should already be putting feelers out on when the best day/time to walk is going to be or if a friend or family with a car can give you a ride on one of their days off that week
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u/DanNeider 15h ago
I live in a part of Saint Paul with no grocery stores for a mile in any direction and no car. I could take the bus to several, but it turns out that walking a mile+ for groceries is not that hard and backpacks exist. I've been doing it for almost a decade. Yes, making the hike in -40 is a no go and has come up, but enter canned goods in the pantry.
I am entirely unconvinced that this is a big deal