As counterintuitive as it seems, that was my experience living in one of those neighborhoods and visiting others over several years. A handful of small stores o

As counterintuitive as it seems, that was my experience living in one of those neighborhoods and visiting others over several years. A handful of small stores on one block or corner every half-mile really doesn't induce that much traffic. It's an entirely different scale from a commercial district or even a car-oriented strip mall.