• altphoto@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    OK yes, so the question is how. How do they get a sofa or some big thing to their house or apartment from the store/shop. Does the shop unload it out on the street and then you hire a couple of big fellows to carry it a few blocks to your house? Do they dolly it to your house? I bet there has to be like an electric dolly thing that they use.

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      3 days ago

      idk about other countries but here in sweden you’d just order it shipped home by the store itself and that includes everything, even installing it in your home.

      You’ll generally have exceptions for deliveries, or they can just park a bit away and use a pallet jack or whatever to get it to the door. It’s really not that big of an issue.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, that’s what I thought. It’s even better because people get jobs related to delivering products which should last since one would assume that products must exist and be sold and delivered for us to have a working society. One can’t deliver a couch via phone or internet.

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          2 days ago

          plus it means the people driving actually do it as a job, so they’re likely to have better training and will suffer more consequences if they drive badly.

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      3 days ago

      I never lived in a pedestrians-only street myself so I don’t know. Occasional access for residents may be tolerated. In the case of the photo above it’s not clear whether there are resident buldings, but it’s amazing what muscles and/or money can do.