Living in a walkable city means my weekly shop is a few hours of walking or biking instead of being stuck in traffic, and I’m only mildly tired afterwards since I use a bike with pretty large pannier bags. Since I have no car related costs I can afford more fresh food, a healthier diet, and I can afford to be more choosy about the ethics of what I buy. There’s a twice weekly farmers market about a ten minute walk away, and quiet walks through parks to get to the shops. Living somewhere with car centric infrastructure, as I used to, this lifestyle was far less feasible.

Have your experiences been different with moving to walkable/bikeable cities? Any questions or points to be made? I’m not very up on the theory side of city planning, but my experiences line up with the whole “fuck cars” thing.

      • @LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2•25 days ago

        Very little meat and dairy and good stuff, no bacon, no Cumberland sausages, no eggs, no burger patties but lots of veg (and nothing for it to go with).

        You’re gonna grow up small and thin on this stuff, just my 2 cents.

        • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9•25 days ago

          Yep, it’s fine. I don’t like being the “I’m vegetarian” guy, but there’s nothing wrong with his/her setup.

          I’ve done 200 mile bicycle rides in a single day, relatively tall, very slightly heavier than I like, but doing great sexually, physically, and mentally. No animal products other than dairy and honey.

        • The Snark UrgeOPEnglish
          4•25 days ago

          There’s milk, chocolate milk, eggs, three kinds of fish, two kilos of chicken, two blocks of butter, two kinds of cheese, single cream, and I’m a grown man 3 stone overweight as it is. Honestly wouldn’t mind if my life of lavish excess could turn me into a scrawny little thing.

    • @yrmp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5•25 days ago

      I’m 5’10”, 200 lbs with 15% body fat and so not a particularly thin guy. I’m primarily a vegetarian/occasional pescatarian. My cholesterol/blood pressure numbers were terrible until I started eating this diet. You don’t need to eat meat (especially sausage) in 2024. Take a supplement for B6 if you’re concerned about it.

      People eat different things. It’s fine and probably better for you than what you seem to think is good.