alt Hacker NewsThe realities of living next to a Costco are a lot different than what you describe here. You don’t seem to realize that semis will keep coming over beyond the hours you describe, the pollution, noise and traffic is way higher than what you describe here and just walking over to Costco sounds nice for a minute but then you realize that it’s huge waste of time to go for smaller shopping trips, and you won’t be making larger trips all the time.
You need to have a much more honest take than this and mention the real downsides if you’re going to say you’ll do it.
My current abode is very near to a US highway with heavy truck traffic, a flour mill, and two busy freight rail lines. Some mornings, everything outside is covered in a dusting of white powder. I keep the windows closed most of the time even in fair weather not because I hate the outdoors, but because the noise is stifling.
The road does calm down late at night, and then the grain trucks begin roaring again promptly at 0400. The trains only sleep on holidays.
And yet: I've resided in noisier places than even this.
Living right next to a Costco and being able to walk over for a hot dog sounds like a fucking dreamscape by comparison and this is a comparison that I feel I'm qualified to make.
And, sure: Costco isn't everything, and I often want only one can of crushed tomatoes today -- not 12.
But adjacent to the parking lot of the same Costco I was referring to earlier is a nice medium-sized grocery store. There's a coffee shop on the corner. A little further out is a Home Depot and an Asian market, along with quick access to an interstate highway for the things that the neighborhood doesn't provide for.