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There used to be a Publix less than a mile from my house, and I cycled there all the time to get my groceries. But they closed that store down, and now I have to drive to get groceries. Although I can get a few basics at the drugstore down the street, which is better than nothing.
Four - two low-end chain stores, one high-end chain store, and one organic/local food co-op (which is the size of a full size supermarket). Between the 4, I can get everything from local produce to exotic tropical fruit (guavas, cherimoyas, tamarind, yuzu, et. al.), plus all the usual staples.
You live 10 miles from the grocery store. You're getting ready to make dinner. You have everything you need for your recipe....except milk.
What do you do?
What do you do?
Drink almond milk. You can buy it in bulk from Costco--a box of 8 cartons. It doesn't need to be refrigerated until you open one of the cartons, so you can always have a carton or two in your pantry for emergencies. It also lasts much longer in a refrigerator than cow milk and has less calories.
I don't live anywhere near a grocery store. Unfortunately I live in an autocentric suburb right now and the only way to get there is by car. If I were to walk, people would look at me funny and it would take me like 30 minutes to get to one.
If I walked quickly I could maybe make it to a little strip mall at the entrance of my development in ten minutes. That would get me a liquor store/chinese food/mexican food/bank/cigar store/laundry/hair salon. It would be great if they had a grocery store.
We live in an inner suburb in Northern Virginia, mostly 1950s/1960s vintage development.
We live almost exactly 10 minutes from a Safeway. Sometimes we walk there for the heck of it, sometimes if we need to get a lot of stuff, are in a great rush, or are on the way back from somewhere, we drive. When my wife has taken the car out of town, I have no difficulty at all getting all the groceries I need walking.
There is a 7-11 only 5 minutes walk away, but thats not our preferred choice for almost anything.
In about 20 minutes we can get to a large Asian supermarket - we have only combined shopping and walking there once, if we go there we usually drive. About 25 minutes away there is another mainstream supermarket (a Giant) and maybe a tad further is yet another (a Blooms). There are also a few smaller food stores around, but none within 10 minutes and all ethnic stuff we dont go for. Oh, and there is a dollar store right next to the Safeway, which is handy to buy nosh (snacks and stuff) but not really a good source of regular groceries (unless you are a fan of their odd sizes).
I doubt there are many houses in Annandale (inside the beltway) more than a 10 minute walk from a supermarket. Now if you look at the lower density area just outside the beltway, that would be different.
Yes, I live about a two minute drive and five minute walking distance from a Trader Joes in a community of 7,600 population.
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Although I can get a few basics at the drugstore down the street, which is better than nothing.
