You can definitely walk further than your city block! Here in Montreal, I walk a mile to work daily. In summer, I could bike, but there's no reason to. Another

You can definitely walk further than your city block! Here in Montreal, I walk a mile to work daily. In summer, I could bike, but there's no reason to. Another thing is in mixed-use developments, you might not have to go too far. My block is entirely condos, but the next block has a pharmacy and a grocery store, and the block the other way has a grocery store, a few fast food places, and across the street is a rather nice sushi place and a bar. Instead of going to the things, you just live where the things are.