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So anyone in Denver: remember when that Trader Joe's opened on Colorado Blvd? People were losing thier minds, "Not enough parking!" "What were they thinking?"
Well guess what? It's working fine. Turns out TJ maybe knew more about thier customer base than car brains (like myself) thought
That is TJ's persistent M.O. Every single TJ I can think of has way too small of a parking lot. I don't know if it is a marketing ploy to look super busy and therefor more desirable, or maybe an ethical choice to move away from car culture.
Either way, I almost never shop at any TJ since parking sucks. I would love to be able to walk to a grocery store, but I can't in my city outside of one that doesn't sell any of the food I want to buy.
How far is your closest grocery store that you go to?
The closest store I go to is 1.1 miles from my house. Not super far, but it's on a busy road with long lights at intersections. So walking 25 minutes there, shopping, and walking 25 minutes back with bags of food is not really enjoyable. This is especially true in LA summer heat with frozen goods. The grocery store I don't walk to is 1/2 mile away and is good for fresh produce but not good for packaged/prepared/luxury goods (nice coffee, better cooking ingredients, good yogurt). I go there if I need something fast for cooking.
And this is in a relatively walkable area of LA. When I lived in downtown LA, the closest grocery store was 3 miles away in a very dangerous neighborhood.
Honestly neither of them are that far... you could bike over and back with the bags on your handlebars even if it is a busy road. And a 2 mile or 1 mile walk is also not that much to do... it takes some time yeah but also good for you in general to get those steps in.