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Recently moved to an area that has some very small local shopping centers every .4 mile or so and it's been amazing. I can walk to a local bodega, a hardware st

Recently moved to an area that has some very small local shopping centers every .4 mile or so and it's been amazing. I can walk to a local bodega, a hardware store, some coffee shops, restaurants and a local pharmacy within 15-20 minutes. Not sure how I ever lived without the options.

isubkhankulov 8mo ago
Curious where this might be - assuming NYC?
- t-writescode 8mo ago
  NYC, Seattle, Chicago, probably lots of places in CA, literally anywhere in Europe
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  - wolvoleo 8mo ago
    Yeah I love that about living in a European City. I don't even own a car and haven't driven one for 8 years now. I hope I'll never need one again. There's stores, restaurants, a laundromat all within 2 minutes walk. The subway is 5-10 minutes (3 different lines with different walking times) Additionally I spend so much less on transport and no longer waste time driving. When I'm riding public transport I can read stuff. I don't see any negatives.
- red-iron-pine 8mo ago
  downtown Edmonton, Canada. had a similar experience in RDU in NC. Or Anacortes, WA. plenty of cities can and do run these locations. it's not just an NYC thing.
- PyWoody 8mo ago
  I've had something similar in the middle of nowhere Maine. I miss it so much.
  - bombcar 8mo ago
    Almost any "rural but not two bars and a gas station" town in the USA will match that to some variation. Everything is walkable if the entire town fits in a 2 mile circle (which can be a pretty big town).
    - PyWoody 8mo ago
      I mean, obviously not? Why else would I miss it? I was living in Bath, ME wherein I could walk to multiple bars and restaurants, a farmer's market, gym, two different grocery stores, as well as the town riverwalk. I currently live back in New Hampshire, and, while it's certainly rural, its more than just a "two bars and a gas station" town but its also a 20 minute drive to the closest grocery store, 15 minutes to the nearest gas station, 30 minutes to a hospital, etc.
- mmooss 8mo ago
  Most northeast American cities are older and denser - Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore (at least parts of it), Washington DC (at least parts of it) ... smaller cities on that region too.
- jsbisviewtiful 8mo ago
  Colorado

isubkhankulov 8mo ago

Curious where this might be - assuming NYC?

t-writescode 8mo ago
NYC, Seattle, Chicago, probably lots of places in CA, literally anywhere in Europe
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- wolvoleo 8mo ago
  Yeah I love that about living in a European City. I don't even own a car and haven't driven one for 8 years now. I hope I'll never need one again. There's stores, restaurants, a laundromat all within 2 minutes walk. The subway is 5-10 minutes (3 different lines with different walking times) Additionally I spend so much less on transport and no longer waste time driving. When I'm riding public transport I can read stuff. I don't see any negatives.
red-iron-pine 8mo ago
downtown Edmonton, Canada. had a similar experience in RDU in NC. Or Anacortes, WA. plenty of cities can and do run these locations. it's not just an NYC thing.
PyWoody 8mo ago
I've had something similar in the middle of nowhere Maine. I miss it so much.
- bombcar 8mo ago
  Almost any "rural but not two bars and a gas station" town in the USA will match that to some variation. Everything is walkable if the entire town fits in a 2 mile circle (which can be a pretty big town).
  - PyWoody 8mo ago
    I mean, obviously not? Why else would I miss it? I was living in Bath, ME wherein I could walk to multiple bars and restaurants, a farmer's market, gym, two different grocery stores, as well as the town riverwalk. I currently live back in New Hampshire, and, while it's certainly rural, its more than just a "two bars and a gas station" town but its also a 20 minute drive to the closest grocery store, 15 minutes to the nearest gas station, 30 minutes to a hospital, etc.
mmooss 8mo ago
Most northeast American cities are older and denser - Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore (at least parts of it), Washington DC (at least parts of it) ... smaller cities on that region too.
jsbisviewtiful 8mo ago
Colorado