> In my very suburban neighborhood, I can very easily walk to a 24hr supermarket in about 5-6 minutes, so I often do some anecdata as a counterpoint to the "ev

> In my very suburban neighborhood, I can very easily walk to a 24hr supermarket in about 5-6 minutes, so I often do some anecdata as a counterpoint to the "everything being super close to you in urban areas" narrative: i live in a pretty damn urban neighourhood ("old" or "core" Hollywood, CA), and it takes me ~15 minutes to walk to the nearest supermarket (just under 1 mile). historically, there were a number of closer supermarkets but those large buildings & their parking lots tend to be eventually razed and replaced with luxury apartment buildings. huh, actually i just checked and it looks like there is not a single 24-hour supermarket within any kind of reasonable walking distance of my home (2-3 miles). i am pretty sure the local VONS was 24hr before COVID, i wonder if that is why? now all the local VONS or Ralphs or what have you all close between 11pm and 1am.