accidentally fell into a truly mind-numbing X discussion about what "walkability" means" today

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I’m certainly speaking from ignorance here, but why would a mother of five "go grocery shopping for her family of five and walk home?" without a car even in a walkable area? What about walkability by virtue of market proximity makes this feasible when accounting for the sheer volume and weight of groceries involved?

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When you live in a place with nearby markets, your shopping habits change. I often go out every other day to buy groceries I want to make the day of because I love one block from my super market. But I don’t think you’re locked into one mode or another. I do have a car, and I like to do some bulk shopping at a market that’s too far to walk regularly. So I go with my car once a week when I move it for street cleaning and buy a bunch of things, then augment that with fresher produce from my closer market.

I wonder if this habit facilitates diets with perishable ingredients (e.g., fresh produce). You're, presumably, shopping for the next day or two, rather than trying to plot out a whole week. The risk of food spoiling because you don't get to it until a week later (or plans change and you get to it even later) seems higher when shopping weekly.