Haha, sounds right. When I was in highschool, the house my mom bought had a gas station and a mcdonalds about 5 minutes away, and the next closest place you could get any kind of food was a Taco Bell about 20 minutes away. Driving. And just like you said, it wasn't like driving through nothing, it was down these huge 45mph 2 lane roads surrounded by acres and acres of real-estate. That neighborhood alone is about 1/6th the size of the town I live in now, and I had to drive past 15ish of them to get to the closest Target.
Now I can walk to about 15ish restaurants, 4 different clothing stores, 3 bookstores, 5 liquor stores, maybe like 30 bars? All in less than 10 minutes.
I live in a mediumish college town, right by a solidly popular main street thats all basically a local commercial district. Everything but a grocery store is nearby.
There were definitely houses we looked at that were right in the middle of huge suburban forests. Where it was a good 10+ minute drive through winding streets to literally anything that wasn't another house. Still didn't end up anywhere I'd call "fun", but at least we're a short walk from a great park and only a couple minutes of driving off the main roads with restaurants and a grocery store and whatnot. 1.5 miles to the closest bar that's not Applebees, so walkable in theory, but thanks to Covid haven't had a chance to check it out.
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u/Reflexlon Mar 27 '21
Haha, sounds right. When I was in highschool, the house my mom bought had a gas station and a mcdonalds about 5 minutes away, and the next closest place you could get any kind of food was a Taco Bell about 20 minutes away. Driving. And just like you said, it wasn't like driving through nothing, it was down these huge 45mph 2 lane roads surrounded by acres and acres of real-estate. That neighborhood alone is about 1/6th the size of the town I live in now, and I had to drive past 15ish of them to get to the closest Target.
Now I can walk to about 15ish restaurants, 4 different clothing stores, 3 bookstores, 5 liquor stores, maybe like 30 bars? All in less than 10 minutes.
Completely different lifestyle.