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No. I always drive to the grocery store, which takes about 2 minutes. I would never walk to it. Why carry heavy bags in freezing cold weather when I can save 18 minutes by driving instead of walking and put everything in the trunk?
because you are saving the world by walking. don't you want to save the world??
i consider anything south of Braddock to be North Springfield, not Annandale. I suspect anyone within Southwest annandale as I define it is 10 minutes walk to the Giant at bradlick, to the Hmart on Heritage (which IS a supermarket) or both.
I am not certain about the far SE part of annandale (near TJ) to the Bradlick Giant. There USED to be a whole foods where the staples is, but I suppose now parts of that are not 10 minutes walk anymore.
North east - once you get more than 10 minutes from the Blooms, I would think you are getting close to Harris Teeter.
northwest - up hummer - is a harder one I suppose. But thats a particularly low density area - relative to the whole population of Annandale, that is not MANY houses.
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No. I always drive to the grocery store, which takes about 2 minutes. I would never walk to it. Why carry heavy bags in freezing cold weather when I can save 18 minutes by driving instead of walking and put everything in the trunk?
Is the weather ALWAYS freezing cold where you live? where I live it is often quite pleasant, thankfully. I find thats a good way to get 20 minutes of exercise - saving gasoline is a bonus.
because you are saving the world by walking. don't you want to save the world??
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - in this case quite literally
anyway its fine if you live near a grocery store and choose to drive.
The point of this thread was merely to point out that living within 10 minutes of a grocery store is hardly uncommon in the USA, and neighborhoods where most or all live within 10 minutes of one are not confined to a few of the densest cities.
No. I always drive to the grocery store, which takes about 2 minutes. I would never walk to it. Why carry heavy bags in freezing cold weather when I can save 18 minutes by driving instead of walking and put everything in the trunk?
I am sorry, are you answering the OP? I did not ask IF you walk. I asked IF you live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store.
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - in this case quite literally
anyway its fine if you live near a grocery store and choose to drive.
The point of this thread was merely to point out that living within 10 minutes of a grocery store is hardly uncommon in the USA, and neighborhoods where most or all live within 10 minutes of one are not confined to a few of the densest cities.
If you live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, the gasoline you use to get it is small. Though maybe if you somehow spent the entire stuck in traffic it won't be.
Anyhow, lots of short trips (unless you just used your car) isn't particularly good for your car, which is one of the reasons why I avoid driving to the supermarket in good weather. Doubt it makes that much of a difference though.
If you live within a 10 minute walk of a grocery store, the gasoline you use to get it is small. Though maybe if you somehow spent the entire stuck in traffic it won't be.
the most critical benefit for us, is that, since we have ONE car for two people, it often comes up that one person needs to get some groceries and doesnt have access to that car. Its quite handy.
I live within a 2-minute walk of a convenience store that sells gas, cigarettes, and pop and that's about it. Also a 10-minute walk of a produce store that specializes in mushy vegetables and very large cockroaches.
There were grocery stores in my end of town at one time; they all bugged out for larger quarters on the fringes.
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