We just moved from a very rural area to a large city and am surprised at all the food delivery/rent-a-bike-or-scooter/ride-share/car-share/random delivery/etc. apps and services that are available. What do you find you get the most use of and most value for money?
Public transit. I live near where a rapid bus and train intersect so I can get to most non suburb spots super easily and cheaply.
Yep, moved to a transit hub in the city. No longer have a car. I just use public transit, bike, and on the rare occasion, ride share.
I started using an app called Transit instead of just google maps. While searching for businesses is worse, the information and details about public transit is better. You can even buy tickets directly through it, very useful compared to downloading a new app every time I’m in a new city.
Google maps just sort of stopped working for my local transit. It now mostly just shows its shitty Uber-like service Bolt. I started using Citymapper instead but I think it’s a British app so your mileage may vary. No complaints from me though!
My two feet. I am simply amazed by how fucking convenient it is to be able to walk to 15 different restaurants in a 7 minute walk radius. I used to also live in an area where McDonald’s was twenty minutes via car and I can’t go back.
Honestly I always just preferred to grab fresh stuff every day on the way home, since I mostly used busses and frequently walked by a grocery store. I did use the restaurant delivery apps, but it was back when they were trying to lure people in with amazing deals. Probably not so good anymore, I stopped using them mostly. Still though, getting stuff in the middle of the night can be nice.
My most used might’ve just been lyft, because it’s a little necessary sometimes after going out.
Avoid the food delivery apps if you can. Do pickup or find restaurants that do their own delivery. Those apps add a ton of extra fees and the food is often times marked up more than direct from the restaurant in addition to the fees.
