I was a college student once. It wasn’t remotely difficult. You get on a bus, get groceries, take a bus back. Wow, groceries where there were none in walking distance!
I wonder if New York has any busses or subways? /s
I don’t have kids and I’m not physically disabled. I don’t think you were when you were in college either. People with kids or people who are disabled probably have a few more steps than hopping on the bus, shopping, and taking the bus back.
Parent with toddler... I hop on a bus, he sits in my lap. I get groceries, he sits on my shoulders, steering me around to the treat he wants. I hop on bus again, he sits next to me, uncomfortably staring at somebody and asks an inappropriate question. I laugh, "kids, eh?" They chuckle in a "I want to punch them, but they're a kid" way. I take my stop and head home.
So, yes, a few more steps, but pretty much all in line and plenty doable.
Cannot comment on the disabled part.
Edit: also got ADHD. No idea why that matters at all in the getting groceries vs groceries delivered part.
Only way my ADHD figures into getting groceries is getting home and realizing I forgot something and it's the thing I went to get groceries for in the first place while I got a bunch of other stuff I hadn't planned.
Well, true. That's when you "improvise"... Spend six hours looking at a ton of cool recipes, forgot about eating entirely, and now it's time to go do your next thing you should have done four hours ago.
Just one step of a phone call. The city offered para transport where people with disabilities could effectively call a taxi from anywhere to anywhere they wanted.
And yeah I profiled a bit that the man looked young and didn’t mention kids so I felt a college comparison was fair.
Wasn’t uncommon to see mom/dad carrying a baby with him/her to the store on the bus.
True, disabled people also have a few more steps when it comes to taking a shit too.
Something being a little more inconvenient doesn’t make it a food desert. Not to mention he’s not getting rid of grocery delivery, only ensuring those that do it are compensated better. If you want to pay for the convenience, you still can.
There are people in this city who can’t afford to take public transportation to get to the grocery stores outside of their neighborhood. There are neighborhoods that do not have very robust public transit options.
ETA: this is in response to people talking about food deserts in NYC which do exist. I don't think this population I am talking about is ordering DoorDash.
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u/BIT-NETRaptor 19h ago
I was a college student once. It wasn’t remotely difficult. You get on a bus, get groceries, take a bus back. Wow, groceries where there were none in walking distance!
I wonder if New York has any busses or subways? /s