Out of interest did you see the rest of the story? Looks like OOP deleted the tweet.
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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I did, it was a lovely little story about how the kid thought OP was a lot younger than she actually is, I think
You can call literally call anyone you know we all have cars here. If you don't know anyone at all you can taxi or Uber. In smaller towns you may even be able to call the police non emergency number and get help from a community officer type employee who has a car and does minor non police related stuff. Many many many things would have to fail before you need to ask a stranger and even in that case you would be hard pressed to not find help within the first couple people you ask.
My point is that this entire situation is a massive systemic failure. You shouldn't have to find yourself in a situation where your car breaking down means you're stuck at the grocery store with no way to get home unless someone deigns to come and get you -- hell, you shouldn't even need to drive to get groceries, any well-designed city would have multiple grocery stores within a few blocks regardless of where you live, and a dense public transit network and/or cycling infrastructure so you can get to the ones that are farther away.
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Your car will not break down, if you just walk to the grocery store.
That's not an option for people who live in ~~good~~ food deserts.
Just fyi you got autocorrected (I swear, autocorrect feels like it's more and more often these days changing from one correct word to a different word that's grammatically correct but not what I wanted to say) from "food" to "good".
Anyway, django's point was the same as OP's: that car-dependent urban design is bad for people. Food deserts are a feature of car dependency. They're not a necessary feature (as in, it is possible to have car-dependent cities that don't also have food desert), but by definition a 15-minute city, the thing this Community exists to advocate for, cannot be a food desert. A well-planned city makes it possible to get to a grocery store within a 15 minute walk or ride.
And it is pretty sad, that people have to live like this. It takes me 10 minutes to walk to the store, 2 minutes by bike, or one bus stop.
There can't be food deserts in 15 minute cities.
Most people don't live in those
yeah, that's the problem
And pretty sad, to repeat the wording of the original post.
In my country, most people who own a car are also members of a drivers' club where you pay a membership fee in exchange for being able to call them for assistance in situations like this (they might repair or tow your car). Is that not a thing in the US?
It is, but they're expensive, and since owning a car is already a pretty expensive necessity not everyone has it.
OK, in my country it's about 100 euros for an entire year, ie much less expensive than many other expenses that come with owning a car.
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American drivers are required by law to purchase car insurance, and "roadside assistance" as it's called is usually a mid or premium feature of said insurance
I see, car (liability) insurance is also mandatory here, but it's a separate thing from automobile club membership.
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