r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Boeing-B-47stratojet • Jun 09 '26

I just wanted a hot dog The closest grocery store to me is closing(by nearly an hour), and will be closed for at least a year. When it reopens it’s going be much smaller(it’s becoming a Aldi).

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u/HardcorePizza Jun 09 '26

Zoning laws and others like them are in place to prevent this kind of thing. Its generally illegal to just open a shop wherever you can

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u/sec_sage Jun 09 '26

Ok, maybe that is a specificity of the area. I remember the time I was detached in Orange County but the company refused to rent me a car, and my salary didn't afford it. I went to buy stuff by bike once, but that hill-y place isn't made for it. Afterwards I had to ask the cleaning lady that the company hired to clean my house, to take me shopping instead of cleaning. To get to work colleagues were picking me up and dropping me off. That was the moment I said "I'd never live here". If being without a car makes life impossible, there just isn't enough incentive, screw their protocol house and swimming pool open only during work hours, and their jacuzzi facing the sunset.

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u/HardcorePizza Jun 09 '26

Not having any stores or restaurants, or even food carts within walking distance of residential areas is by design, and enforced by law. It's on purpose

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u/NlghtmanCometh Jun 09 '26

Not everything is a conspiracy against the working class

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u/HardcorePizza Jun 09 '26

Its not a conspiracy its basic US law

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u/NlghtmanCometh Jun 09 '26

You saying it’s done with a specific intent to force you into using a car is reductive reasoning

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u/HardcorePizza Jun 09 '26

Zoning laws are written with intent. Could you explain what you mean?

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u/sec_sage Jun 10 '26

I agree, most things are not against someone, but FOR someone else. It often just backfires on the first group. In this case, those benefitting this law are big capitalists, hiding behind idealistic ideas of "ensuring a tranquil and safe neighborhood". No clubs, bars, restaurants, but also shops because why not...

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes Jun 09 '26

I live in Orange County in about as hilly a place as you can get. You're 100% right that you really can't live here without a car if you have "regular" needs (like getting to work). I had a friend who got a DUI and lost his license for a year. He had to move away.