Oh, I forgot the pharmacy, just added that in. But yes, as a resident it's important to have a pharmacy / somewhere to get milk or bread if need be etc, nearby

Oh, I forgot the pharmacy, just added that in. But yes, as a resident it's important to have a pharmacy / somewhere to get milk or bread if need be etc, nearby. It counts a lot more than the occasional "high-end luxury clothing" place that is infrequent enough that it doesn't need to be nearby. That's why these little shopping street are so common. But there's no clear line between that and a high street, it's all just a matter of scale. Everything is a "destination" of sorts be it 5 minutes on foot or half an hour on a bus, and everything is local to some extent - if we wanted to go to a "high street", it would be a local one, be it the borough centre high street east of us or the other borough's centre west of us.