As an Englishman, I counted 8 of these.
I'm in one of the less walkable, more car centric cities, but have made a lifelong effort to live where I can walk to things and have a few bus routes nearby. The buses have been starved and some come only every hour now but I can walk to:
Work
Cafe
Corner store
Bank (but I bank online)
Doctor and dentist (dentist more like half hour walk but sidewalk all the way) also every specialist doctor
A pot dispensary
Drugstore
Several restaurants
And believe it or not, a stadium.
No bar :(
ETA: Grocery, yes but not on the path to/from work so wildly inconvenient, and I can still walk to a comic shop but it's on the other side of the river now and while the bridge has sidewalks there is no barrier between cars and the sidewalk, it's more like a pedestrian lane in the road!
Disappointingly I only have the grocery store within that distance, and it's a Walmart with no sidewalk for a stretch of that walk... But back to that list... Why would you need a gas station within walking distance? Am I walking with my car Flintstones style?
Most gas stations come with convenience stores, and I’d imagine people would want to walk there to get quick snacks, munchies, and beer. Some (like Wawa and Kwik Trip) can be surprisingly nice, even featuring hot meals, free ATMs, and basic groceries.
I know they could have specified “convenience store” but most people’s experience with convenience stores is at gas stations, and it seems like a lot of the ones without gas stations are sketchy/alcohol-focused, or are ethnic stores with weird groceries.
Prices too. In my (limited) experience in the US, petrol stations charge a bit more for groceries than supermarkets, but convenience stores are significantly more.
An auto repair place is something that people don't think about. It's great being able to drop off your car and walk your ass home and then wait for them to call you.
@ajsadauskas in Umeå Sweden near campus I fall short of bank office whatever that is.. a movie theater and a gas station (it closed).
Such a list should have more focus on work places.. not only have "service", if we want o limit traffic :) Even though hospital and university has a lot of staff.
Office complex, hotels, branches of government etc.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars I live in a rural village and can get to 11 of those within a 3 minute walk.
I'm moving to a large town soon where it'll go up to the full list.
I can't imagine having to drive everywhere.
Where is “cricket pitch”? That and pub would come top where I’m from.
Living in an urban part of Ottawa, Ontario. The neighborhood is called Centretown West
Grocery: Not a supermarket, but right across the street from my building, there's a corner store that sells all of the relevant staple foods like bread, milk, eggs, some produce, dry groceries, etc.
Pharmacy: Yes actually a couple of options.
Bus stop: There is one near me, and I'm also only about 10 minutes from the metro light rail station.
Restaurant: I live near the city's "little Italy" and "Chinatown" areas, so I'm spoiled for choice here. I also live near a stroad which means fast food options.
Post office: They are commonly in pharmacies here in Canada, and the one near me is no exception
Bank: Yes, in fact I could probably access a branch for all of the major Canadian banks within a 15-20 minute walk.
Elementary school: Yes there's one close to me. A high school too.
Daycare: Yup, a few actually.
Hospital: Not within walking, but there are clinics
Barber: Quite a few over in Little Italy, including the one I go to.
Bar: Tons along the strip of Little Italy
Mall: Nope, but lots of shopping options at individual shops around me. Malls are gross anyway.
University: I am about a 20 minute walk to Carleton, and the walk would be through the park mentioned above
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars All but the hospital, university, arena, movie theatre, and bank. Notably all of those are still less than 45 minutes walk and understandable. Also all are under 20 minutes on my bike.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars All except a Uni.
Shopping Mall? Well, not really, but yes to local shopping strip (5 minutes), Fitzroy St, St Kilda and Clarendon St, South Melbourne (10 Minutes) both covering all shopping needs.
Brisk 20 minutes would get me to the closest CBD campus of a Uni.
And three minutes walk to two tram lines.
Kids walked or public transported to school.
I rode or public transported to work (or taxi and flew because it was in another state or country).
One car family - have never been really able to give up a car, entirely, but never needed two.
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