Additional anecdote from someone who lived in a few different walkable neighbourhoods in a European city (around 180 000 people). The main benefit was having e

Additional anecdote from someone who lived in a few different walkable neighbourhoods in a European city (around 180 000 people). The main benefit was having easy access to grocery stores and cafes. For everything else that's not basically interchangeable, I still used a car. Going to work, dancing classes, well equipped gym (there are 2-3 in the city that are worth going to), other sport facilities. So I was still driving basically every day. And even meeting at cafes and pubs meant using a car (or taxi) most of the time, as most of my friends are living in their own (also walkable) neighbourhoods. Public transit exist, but that means 30-40 minute bus ride (with waiting, if you need to switch buses - which you often will) vs. 10 minute car ride.