People in this thread seems to live near big cities, which isn’t really representative of the whole european population.

I live in rural france, the closest grocery store since I was born is 20km away (20min drive, no bus), and I moved 3 times - still about 20km.

Lots of people I know would love a store to be 3km away

I’m seriously lucky, to the point it has been a running joke among my friend group!

It doesn’t manifest itself as “everytime I gamble, I win”, but more subtly. Finding dollar bills on the ground, having unexpected discounts, getting a dream job, …