As someone who has worked for Family Dollar (which is a part of the same industry (“discount variety store”)), I absolutely hate that industry with a passion and refuse to shop at any store like Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree, etc. That whole industry is even more predatory towards employees than even regular retail stores are. That’s how they get the items so cheap in the first place—aside from supply chain injustices (read: slavery, same as most other industries), it comes out of the workers, both in pay and workload.
Anyway, I didn’t initially mean to go off on this spiel, so I’m sorry about that, and in any case my original point is still valid, I feel.
This is why I keep a physical backup of all my emulator installers on an external hard drive. They get rid of some emulators, I still got my personal copies!
There are other places to buy groceries: for example, there’s a small carryout down the street and a Dollar General as well. But those aren’t really “grocery stores” nor are they big stores. There are also a smattering of small businesses of course.
There also might be one or two in nearby small towns (which are still like 10–15 min drive away even then).
But for a good number of tasks, you still have to go into town, so my point still stands.
FUCK yes, at least if you live in a rural town. I live in a small farming town of 5 000 people. There is ONE grocery store here. Once a week, I go on errands (appointments, shopping, etc.) and I have to travel 25–30 minutes, or about 15 miles. And that’s driving. There’s no bus line, no train line, so if I wanted to walk, it’d take about 6 hours to walk.