Is your neighborhood walkable?

Not really.

There's two local neighborhood's but not anything there aside from houses. The closest restaurant is about a 30 minute walk away. I've gone there for snacks and drinks.

Otherwise, it's a 10 minute drive to reach the nearest actual town.
 
Somewhat. We have a small town area that's part of Waterville that isn't far off. We have a grocery store, few department stores. We also just got a Five Below, and we are soon to get a Reny's as well! Very soon! :D There's also some other places like Gamestop, a Spectrum store (which we use for our TV and internet provider) and some restaurants. <3 Oh, and there's also a Walmart, a Home Depot, a Staples, a Hobby Lobby and a Verizon store (our phone provider)... so there's tons of convenience for us!
 
Usually a big aspect of where I move is how walkable or accessible through transit things are, because I don't have a driver's license or vehicle. Where I live currently I spend most of my time inside because there isn't a lot out in the area (there's a convenience store and a park and that's kinda it) but in a lot of the places I've lived in cities I've always wanted to live close enough to a grocery store and some kind of transit like a train station or bus stop just so I have excuses to get out of the house or have convenience when things actually need to be done. It's something I'd like to keep as a constant in my life whenever possible.
 
It is in the sense that there's sidewalks on most streets. There's one busy road that doesn't have a sidewalk on it, so it's a hazard to both walk and drive (because it's also hilly, so drivers should take it slow in case someone is walking on the shoulder). But generally, my little area is very walkable.

The problem is that it's very suburban. Nothing but houses. The closest store of any kind is a small convenience store, and it's about a mile away. But the closest grocery store is three miles away, and involves walking either on previously-mentioned hazardous road or crossing highway entrances. Other stores other than one lone grocery store involves either highway use to get to, or walking there would take hours and be dangerous. So people mostly tend to drive.

Not because public transport is terrible. There's a lot of it in my area. I've just never been on it.
 
My neighborhood is walkable... During the day, but we only have a little grocery shop, that almost never has any products... And during the night, walking outside is courting death, because of all the Tigers and Bears 😅😅
 
I live near a highway, so most certainly not. Not until you go to main street, but my main area is not walkable at all.
 
Hmm... I guess you could if you really wanted to, but it's a 20 minute bicycle ride to the supermarket and it's nearby stores so that's probably like 40 minutes of walking, one way.
I'm fine with riding my bicycle for 20 minutes and then 20 again to go back to do groceries... a 40 minute walk x 2 though... better not buy anything perishable I guess? =P
 
Yes, it is. There's a church at one end of the street I live on, and a park on the other- it just takes a few minutes for me to walk to edge of the street with my dog. You can keep walking from either direction and find more human civilization.

Walking from the church will get you into a main business area in about 20 minutes that has this coliseum used to hold music concerts, sporting events and festivals, so stuff is built around it like a shopping center with a lot of the affordable family restaurant chains you know like Elizabeth's, IHOP, you'll run into mobile phone retailers,
CVS pharmacy. there's a hotel there etc.

Walking from the instead in the opposite direction you can get to a local market and car repair in maybe 8 minutes. If you maybe walk another 10 or 15 minutes you'll come see another shopping center, it's shabby to but there is a grocery store, beauty store, more phones and electronic, Chinese takeout, a shoe store, ATM general discount stores. You can live.
 
Kind of. There are lots of sidewalks, churches, and houses to walk down to, but I live close to the ghetto. I wanted to see how long it would take me to walk to this one plaza and it took about a 45 minutes. On the way I got yelled at by some dude on a bike and I wasn't wearing the "right" colors so to speak. In fact I had a flannel and white bandana so maybe he thought I looked like a hoodlum.
 
I'd say somewhat walkable. There are sidewalks and a couple of bike lanes as well. We used to walk around a lot during COVID times so we could get some fresh air. The neighborhood goes out a lot further than I thought it did. There's a recreational area (playground, basketball/tennis courts, pool, etc) that's easily walkable from anywhere in the neighborhood. Outside of the neighborhood, there's a small plaza directly across the street from the main entrance with a laundromat, Little Caesars (pizza), and other places that we've never been to. Down the road from there is a much bigger plaza with Walmart, Planet Fitness, Family Dollar (I think), the local library, McDonalds, and some other notable stores I can't think of off the top of my head. Not sure how walkable that plaza is from the neighborhood, but it is nearby.
 
I live in an apartment directly across from a plaza full of restaurants, so food-wise, yes. If I need literally anything else, then no.
 
I live, like, five to ten minutes walking distance from a hospital. That's really nice! A nice sized grocery store (kinda like a Walmart, but not Walmart) is a 25 or so minute walk. So I'd say it's pretty walkable. But it's still very car-oriented here. It's not easy to get everything done without transportation, but I'm glad for what is in walking distance.
 
I would say you can reach important places by walking, not even a lot: pharmacy, stores, and stuff. But the neighbourhood where I currently live in is pretty much boring, aka there's nothing in terms of bars, places to visit/go or do activities. So, for that I have to take the underground, at least.
Public transportation isn't that good at all, in all honesty, and going by car saves some time for sure, but having a car in a big city tends to be expensive.
 
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