In the case you described it might be autonomous delivery systems. Why leave the house and drive around town when a little delivery drone on wheels can deliver it at the same time?
In functional societies, leaving the house isn’t a terrifying or stressful thing. It’s actually nice. Shopping in functional countries isn’t horrible because you aren’t going through space designed around cars to stuff warehouses designed around cars.
In the case you described it might be autonomous delivery systems. Why leave the house and drive around town when a little delivery drone on wheels can deliver it at the same time?
In functional societies, leaving the house isn’t a terrifying or stressful thing. It’s actually nice. Shopping in functional countries isn’t horrible because you aren’t going through space designed around cars to stuff warehouses designed around cars.