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people who live in 90% of the least densely populated land on earth are... not that many people in the grand scheme of things.
And if you live close enough to civilization to have utilities like power maybe it's possible to also have a grocery store that's closer than average distance between towns in germany. Might even be beneficial idk.
My father used to run the grocery store in town. My brother ran it for a bit, too. I don't know the ultimate reasons it ahut down, but Dad wanted to retire and brother decided it wasn't worth it to run.
There's a dollar store in town, and an another 5 min north, and another 10 mi. south, but no produce at any.
I want to move back to a more urban area and be able to walk to a grocery store in 15 minutes, but Dad needs someone to live with him since he is now disabled. (Brother died.)
I remember there was a problem getting wholesale deliveries at the small scale needed to serve this town of barely 300 people.
well yeah, nobody is pretending like it's easy to fix on a personal level. Just that it's something we should be able to fix as a society because seriously, expecting people to commute 2 hours for a pear isn't very smart.
I tend to agree, but maybe fresh produce is just considered a luxury. You can certainly survive without it, canned or frozen goods are available in some amount at the dollar stores, and I can walk to/from them.