What can you walk to? ETA - and do you?

Our home sits between the two city pools and is four blocks from the high school. It's a half mile from the city bike path and skate park. It's a few blocks from many restaurants (job opportunities for my teens who don't drive yet), a mile from my mom's, a few blocks from the library and the farmer's market, and about a half mile from the heart of the city where everything is hosted - fireworks, festivals, parades, etc.


We moved to this suburb about five years ago, when my boys were starting middle school. I chose it specifically so they would have things to do while I'm at work. 

One son runs the neighborhood on his bike and scooter with friends. Constantly. 
The other one, not as much.
I walk to the bigger (crowded) events but usually not elsewhere because I'm doing several things at once. 

I drive everywhere.

I get people want to walk to do their errands but where we live there is a lot of traffic and its spotty whether or not there is sidewalks. (The sidewalks are inconsistent by block).
The walkers are dodging traffic, walk out in traffic or don't use what crosswalks we do have to cross.

The bicyclists make me even more nervous, especially the ones with the kids in the cart pulled by the bike.

We live in the 'burbs so no businesses really close by to walk to, but oldest daughter and her family live in Pittsford, New York and I ADORE that they can walk to the village, walk along the Erie Canal, walk to get coffee, the post office, cute little shops....

I live in a city centre and can walk everywhere I need for daily life. Grocery stores, bakeries, doctors, pharmacies, several small cinemas, the city opera, several museums, parks, post office, work, etc.

I don't have a car for a reason.

I live in a small town with one traffic light. I can walk to everything in town, including work. I can even walk to the next state!

We have a few things close - a pizza and a Mexican place neither of which I like there is a new boba and tea house in the same center but it’s had mixed reviews. Just a bit further is a local coffee place we like snd we have walked there several times - there is also a Pizza Hut, CVS, Ralph’s, Carl’s Jr. and subway. Everything else is a bit too far and not sure of the sidewalk situation further down by the other places I don’t think they have sidewalks all the way there.

Where I grew up there were several things I used to walk to which was nice - yogurt shop, donut shop (little hole in the wall), 31 Flavors snd further a Ralph’s and later Target snd I could walk to the mall if I was really motivated. Going the other directions we could walk to our down town - cute little village type stores.

We are on a canyon and have hiking trails behind our house. We have used those but not lately.

I can walk to anything (coffee shops, gym, grocery, entertainment, retail). I have to drive mostly because I have kids, and it is hard to grocery shop for eight on foot or walk a five-year-old a half-hour to the library up a hill. But I do walk a lot to things by myself.

I can walk to a small grocery store, a ton of restaurants & bars, banks, coffee shops, book store, library...almost anything you want.

but im moving. 8 minutes away and I will be able to walk to sonic & Walgreens!

How is the knee joelise?

I grew up in a suburb of Boston. I could walk everywhere and usually did. I now live in a town with no sidewalks and 1 street light (we're getting our second and very excited about it ) so I have to drive everywhere.

I can walk to our small downtown area including restaurants, coffee shop, bank, library, Dunkin, 7-11, and most importantly, the train station to the city (Chicago). Can also walk to several gas stations, Starbucks. There's a Target 3 miles away, which would be a long walk, but doable.

I do walk to the restaurants and train regularly.