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for the last couple of years I've lived on the same block as a Salvadorian market. it's at the corner on my street so about a 30 second walk.

despite the prices being more expensive on everything other than meat and produce, I find myself pretty much only shopping there due to the extreme convenience

I'll still go to Trader Joes once every few months, but otherwise I just love that I can just buy enough groceries for each meal. that way I never have to worry about anything spoiling.

I never knew how much I would appreciate this. anyone else relate? to be fair, it is probably largely due to the fact I live in Los Angeles so I try to avoid getting on the road whenever possible.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I live within walking distance of like 5. Each a 15 minute walk either way but I'm also in the UK.

 

[ClanOfNone]

It’s a five minute drive or a 40 minute walk, so drive it is!
I work in the same plaza as a Publix though, so most of my shopping is just popping in there after work.

 

[mitch1971]

Uk, so most things are like 10-15mins walk away. 4 supermarkets on my doorstep.

 

[Doom85]

Deep in a suburban area, there is nothing besides other houses within reasonable walking distance.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I can walk 2 big grocery stores and a couple of smaller stores and a couple dozen restaurants from my house.

And a couple dozen prostitutes and a few dozen fent bent bums.

 

[AJUMP23]

No. America is for driving.

 

[kevboard]

not anymore sadly no. but within a 5 min bicycle ride from one

 

[Sub_Level]

Nope.

 

[Bojji]

Supermarket on the other side of the street.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

yes literally seconds.

 

[Vyse]

Yup. Got a mini mart real close. 20 min walk to a big grocery store.

 

[fran.fernandez]

Yup. 4 minutes from combini and 10 minutes from 3 super market.

At the beginning I got super fat (huge belly), now I try to stay home at night lol

 

[V1LÆM]

UK. there are shops everywhere. There is one round the corner from me. A 2 min walk. It just a small convenience store.

Supermarkets are 15 walk. Tesco, LIDL, Costco.

At work there are multiple small stores across the road. Another LIDL is 5 minute walk.

10 minute drive and you have another Tesco and 2 ASDAs.

15-20 minute drive and you have large retail parks with supermarkets and all sorts of other stores. Furniture, fashion, pet/vets, restaurants, banks, etc.

City centre or “downtown” is 30 minute walk or 10 minute drive.

I don’t really drive much anymore. Either walk or cycle. It takes me about 20 minutes to walk to work or 7 minutes cycling.

 

[ReBurn]

I live about a mile from a grocery store. I could walk if I wanted, but I usually just stop in while I'm out doing other things.

 

[willothedog]

Waitrose delivers, so why should I mix with the unwashed?

 

[Adapting]

New York, so yes.

 

[reinking]

No. I could make it to a small convenience store if I had to but it is still a few miles away.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Yes, about a 15 minute walk but I still drive since I buy groceries that last me for 2 weeks and there's no way I'm walking while carrying all that stuff.

 

[ssringo]

Technically yes but it's a long enough walk that I'd rather drive. I actually have a grocery store, home depot, fast food, sit down restaurant, gas station and hospital all within that same distance. The only thing I'm really missing is an electronics store.

 

[nush]

Waitrose delivers, so why should I mix with the unwashed?

Becuse it’s fun to go on Safari.

 

[jshackles]

Nearest store (a convenience store, basically only selling soda, candy, and alcohol) is about a 20-minute walk - about 3/4 of a mile away from my house. There are two grocery stores in town, both about a 15-minute drive away.

It's one thing I absolutely loved about Japan when I visited last year, everything was so extremely walkable. Wish it was like that here.

 

[Days like these...]

I have a grocery store 2 blocks away and I have a Mexican taqueria/panadería/carnicería/ that also sells groceries 3 blocks away.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Yes, but i like to look at it as a 15 second drive. I could probably get there by the time i open up the gate and reverse out of the driveway now that i think about it.

Weirdly i still usually drive to another town to get groceries. One can never have enough car pollution.

 

[Days like these...]

No. America is for driving.

Not my America

 

[Saber]

5~8 minute walk depending on the choice of supermarket.
I don't mind, I love walking. I have being walking my entire life, when we were little me and my twin brother used to take a 25 minute walk to my school (my teachers used to scold my parents often for this, some even offered us a ride). Shopping is about 10~15 minutes depending on the shopping.

 

[Days like these...]

Yes, I live in Houston. I have a grocery store 2 blocks away and I have a Mexican taqueria/panadería/carnicería that also sells groceries 3 blocks away.
I also have a CVS pharmacy several taquerías and fast-food restaurants, barbers, a tireshop and banks within walking distance of my house.

 

[Durien]

I have 2 i can walk to and 1 i could walk to if I wanted but would be better to drive to if I was carrying back groceries (Like 5 minute drive from my house.)

 

[StreetsofBeige]

There's a 10 min walk away and also 25 minute walks in different directions to various strip malls.

I get Walmart, a couple grocery stores, Best Buy, Home Depot, my bank brand, a ton of eateries and drug stores etc.... But fuck, the nearest Costco is a 20 min drive away. Damn.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

yup, I live in a downtown area

 

[newtypepilot]

I live near a metro line. There's a supermarket right across the street. If I need to goto costco it's only a couple train stops away.

There's almost no point for me to drive.

 

[Boozeroony]

5 minutes walking. It is pretty shit, as their shelves are often empty and have a very limited assortment of fruit and vegetables.

One of the cashiers is super cute though.

 

[Dithadder]

I live in a suburban town in the US and theres a grocery store about 5 minutes away by foot. Its kind of a pretentious place (Lowe's Foods) though. If i want to go to the slightly cheaper but not lower quality store it's more like 20 minutes.

 

[drganon]

I live within walking distance of three of them.

 

[SpiceRacz]

I’m maybe a 10 minute walk/1 minute drive from a large grocery store. Also, like a 5 minute walk from the mountain and hiking. It’s a nice balance of suburban convenience and nature.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Yes. One is a 10 min the other 25ish.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Yes I have 3 supermarkets nearby and usually walk to get groceries unless I'm picking up something heavy.

 

[DKehoe]

Yup, a few different ones.

 

[Rentahamster]

I live within walking distance of Radio Shack.

I'm so hungry.

 

[Jack Videogames]

I live in Europe, so yes, a Lidl and a Dunnes less than 5 minutes walking distance and a mom and pop store at 15 minutes

 

[Mithos]

Nope. 12km to closest city with supermarkets. So a ~10+min drive.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

In Spain, walking distances aren't a problem. Even living on the seaside, I'm just 30-minute walk from a big supermarket, with small groceries and convenience shops along the way.

 

[Trilobit]

I've got two that are about 5-10 minutes away. They have slightly different wares so I mix between the two, but one of them is quite cheaper so I'll go there for foodstuffs. Though I'll do my monthly bigger shopping in the biggest and cheapest store 15 minutes away by car. I think it's really good that I don't have a kiosk/cornerstore 1 minute away as it'd be too easy to get a chocolate bar here and there.

 

[Topher]

Suburbs so about a mile away. I could walk it but I'm not going to try and lug a weeks worth of groceries home especially considering the road home isn't made for pedestrians.

 

[Diddy X]

Barcelona here.

Everything is within walking distance included 2 shopping malls one 5 minutes and the other 20 minutes away.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I live in central Paris, the whole city was designed as having everywhere close - stores, pharmacies, shops, etc.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

UK so very walkable.

15-20min walk to the supermarket and can avoid busy roads to get there.

 

[Laptop1991]

Yeah i do, there is a CO OP a 3rd of a mile away, but it's a rip off for prices, so i still use Iceland far more than going there.

 

[Braag]

I have a super market literally downstairs of my apartment. It has made me the laziest grocery shopper.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Yes. It's about a 5-10 minute walk depending on which supermarket. I have three to choose from that lies in close vicinity from where I live.