# I can walk to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881 "2008-05-19T19:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/21 "2008-05-19T22:21:53Z")
Five excellent restaurants, one mediocre, a coffee shop, a biker bar (the upscale dentists on Harleys kind) and an ice cream shop that makes sandwiches; the post office; a branch library; a local history museum; three lakes; a playground; the elementary school; an arts center; my mechanic; a photographer’s studio; a tourist trap cute things shop that my daughter calls the International House of Ceramic Chickens; the national forest; town hall; the volunteer fire dept., the police dept., two Bed and Breakfasts; three hairdressers; a baseball diamond; a riding stable; a gas station with an ATM and a general store ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/22 "2008-05-19T22:23:38Z")
The beach. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/23 "2008-05-19T23:49:40Z")
I can walk to: The beach A major but shitty grocery store. An awesome latino grocery store. 4 killer burrito joints. An awesome community college. A killer sushi joint. About a jillion bars, but the closest one is pretty great. Two brew pubs. Head shop. A pretty great Chinese restaurant. 3 dry cleaners. The farmer’s market. The fisherman’s market. Big box grocery store. 2 humongous office supply stores. Cute and rustic strip joint. 2 boating supply stores (All now owned by the craptastic Boater’s World). 3 pretty great seafood restaurants. Medicinal marijuana store. A super expensive hippy grocery store where you will occasionally see a celebrity. Three Thai restaurants. About 50 other types of restaurants. I’m calling 1.5 miles walking distance. Yeah, I love this town! I don’t walk much, but all this stuff is a quick bike ride away. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveroptic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiveroptic/32/8257_2.png) [@Fiveroptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveroptic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/24 "2008-05-20T01:06:30Z")
Around ten years ago I lived in Interlochen, Michigan, which is out in the middle of nowhere (as far as being near anything convenient.) However, less than a mile from me was the Interlochen Arts Academy and pretty much any night of the week during the winter and any time of the day during the music camps of the summer, I could walk over and listen to a number of concerts and recitals by the students. They were very good (most of the time.) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/25 "2008-05-20T01:43:48Z")
Lots and lots and lots of trees and water and more trees and a creek and trees and a lake or two. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/26 "2008-05-20T02:13:47Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=468604) lamenting a lack of convenient commercial services in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Let’s talk about the flipside for those of us who are lucky enough to live with lots of consumer options. What amazing stores and amenities are within walking distance of where you live? Walking distance only – no bus, cab or train rides. In addition to more mundane things like dry cleaners, sporting goods stores, pet stores, coffee shops, sushi bars, and delis, I can walk to: - [Giant Robot](http://www.giantrobot.com/) - A Japanese curry restaurant - A local community theater - An Iranian grocery store - An imported Japanese videogame store - A year-round costume store - A skateboarding store with its own half-pipe - A baseball batting cage - A strip club - A wine-storage warehouse What cool stuff can you walk to? [/QUOTE] What he said (hello there, neighbor!). Also: a small conventional grocery store practically across the street. It’s our auxiliary pantry. Several video rental places. A Starbucks, and an independent coffeeshop. An authentic Italian deli attached to a more upscale version of itself. 2 art supply shops. A barbershop. Several ethnic restaurants. If I want a good, stiff walk, an Irish style pub. If I want a REALLY good stiff walk, Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade, and the Pier. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/27 "2008-05-20T02:19:48Z")
I can walk to the shopping center sort of across the street and up from where I live. About eight minutes’ walk, at the most. It has an outstanding bakery, a great neighborhood bar, a dry cleaner and a cheap liquor store AND a High’s convenience store in it. And a cafe that makes great deli sandwiches and b’fast items. Baby, what more could I want? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/28 "2008-05-20T02:29:14Z")
I can walk to: The grocery store Several banks Drug stores A hardware store Some lovely coffee shops (not starbucks) Various restaurants, including a good vegetarian one, an ok Chinese one, and an Indian one that has good food but horrid service. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/29 "2008-05-20T02:40:10Z")
Within a 25 minute walk: The Rosicrucian Museum Rose Garden Trader Joe’s Whole Foods Rasputin Records Streetlight Records Camera 7 Theaters “Bollywood” Theater Drum Store 8 Auto repair shops 5 used car lots Enterprise Rent-a-car Penske truck rental Hollywood Video 2 Blockbusters Great Used Book Store Barnes and Nobel Longs, Rite Aid, Walgreens 2 Safeways Dozens of places to eat 3 Sporting Goods Stores Head Shop Hardware store Credit Union Hospital 7 Dentists 2 Gyms 2 Light Rail stops 7-11 Peets and Starbucks 5 Consignment/Antique Shops 3 Bakeries 2 Branch libraries Goodwill Store Shoe Repair 8 Liquor stores Recycling center 2 Post Offices 2 UPS Stores Hobby store 4 Dry Cleaners 1 Vet Carpet store 2 Camera stores Cleaning/lighting supply store etc… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/30 "2008-05-20T02:42:29Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] Someplace you can get to in 10-15 minutes without too much hassle. Close enough that you might walk there just for the hell of it if it was a nice day. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s two miles to the paved road where my mailbox is and I have walked there and back on a nice afternoon. The closest store is a country gas station and that’s eight miles away, a bit far for a casual stroll. I’ve got a horse I can get to the store on without much trouble, but that’s the horse walking, not me walking, so no, there’s nothing cool I can walk to just for the hell of it. On the other hand, I like it this way! ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/31 "2008-05-20T02:48:57Z")
One place I haven’t heard mentioned yet is: our dog park 😃 Also, huge equestiran center several tennis courts several baseball fields community pool Ferrari dealership 😃 Whole Foods - yum! North Fulton Regional Hospital From our new house (close this week): Lake Lanier that’s it. And the community pool, playground and tennis courts. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/32 "2008-05-20T02:59:33Z")
An Italian restaurant - just across the street A martini bar - next door to the Italian restaurant; it’s the bane of my existence, due to the drunks who wander out at midnight to talk LOUDLY on their cell phones, or hold long conversations in the parking lot before they finally go the fuck home A pretty good liquor store - on the other side of the Italian restaurant A pretty good Chicago hot dog stand A little shopping district, featuring a neighborhood grocery store, a CVS, another Italian restaurant, a hardware store, a flower shop, and a bank A public library [A very good Irish bar](http://www.irishtimespubchicago.com/) [The Brookfield Zoo](http://www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/33 "2008-05-20T03:22:56Z")
I sorta like where we’re living; it’s nice and quiet most of the time. Things that we live near enough that I’d contemplate walking to it: Cattle farm (across the street from our front door) Watusi cattle farm (a little way down the road) Horses, goats, etc. (same direction as the Watusi cattle) One Middle School One Elementary School Three or four other communities with near-identical houses A gas station (coming soon!) A creepy church that puts blood on their crosses for Easter (no, seriously. WTF?) We could bike to the following without a large problem: Publix Two Chinese restaurants A baked potato shop (I kid you not) Two pizza restaurants A “pet shop” (never seen anyone buy anything from there, mostly puppies there) An ice cream shop (never been in) A dollar store (independent) A salon with tanning booths (kinda small) A payday loan shop Three gas stations A martial arts studio The Home Despot A smelly fish shop (smells like rotten fish) A crappy produce shop (smells like rotting fruits/vegetables) A broken-down gas station A mini post office (open for very few hours during day) A thrift store Some little storefronts that we haven’t investigated much, but haven’t yielded anything valuable at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/34 "2008-05-20T03:33:35Z")
The Saturday farmers’ market a couple of banks grocery store Long’s drug Art museum Bavarian bakery A bunch of restaurants and bars 3 parks along the river ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/35 "2008-05-20T03:48:39Z")
Within a 15-minute walk: The Carter Center Jane Fonda’s Atlanta condo (sometimes I borrow a cup of sugar) 8 pizza places, 5 Thai restaurants, 4 Mexican restaurants, and the homes of the three best hamburgers in Atlanta Atlanta’s two coolest record stores (Wax ‘n’ Fax and Criminal Records) [Manuel’s Tavern](http://www.manuelstavern.com/), Atlanta’s most storied bar (whose name only locals pronounce correctly) The most hotly-contested ground in the Battle of Atlanta (as depicted in the [Atlanta Cyclorama](http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/cyc_atl_brochure1.jpg)) The [birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr.](http://www.nps.gov/malu/) [Inman Park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Park), one of the nation’s first suburbs [The Woodruff House](http://www.inmanparkbandb.com/), built in 1912 for Coca-Cola magnate Robert W. Woodruff, and now a bed and breakfast A [trolley barn](http://www.thetrolleybarn.com/) A former [Ford Model T factory](http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/for.htm) (now lofts) Atlanta’s legendary, weirdly esoteric strip club, the [Clermont Lounge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont_Lounge) [The Plaza Theater](http://atlanta.about.com/od/travelandtourism/ss/vahiatlwalktour_6.htm), an art deco movie theater in continuous operation since 1939. A former bank vault converted into a shrine to Elvis Presley (in [The Star Bar](http://www.starbar.net/)) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/36 "2008-05-20T05:28:34Z")
Well. I can _theoretically_ walk to Mexico City, but that’s a bit far. Five minutes’ walk away is a plaza with a grocery store, 2 convenience stores (one a little dodgy, the other with post office and hardware selections; oddly, the dodgy one is the name brand), a drug store, a community health centre, a laundromat, a service station, a deli, and a storefront church. Ten minutes away are two schools (one public, one separate). Fifteen minutes away is a big-box plaza with a huge grocery store, a video store, a clinic, a drug store, a bank, and various other stores that I never remember because I mostly only go there for food if I’m coming home from downtown on the streetcar. Nearby are a number of restaurants and doctors’ offices. In the neighbourhood, but not particularly close (15-20 minutes walk), are a third school, a major bikeway, the river, a Catholic church, an Anglican church, a library, a Jainist temple, two gas stations, several more old-fashioned convenience stores, a Knights of Columbus hall, some small industries, and the Ontario Food Terminal. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/37 "2008-05-20T06:02:16Z")
Let’s see. Off the top of my head, within easy walking distance: - a tea house - an independent café - two ice cream stores - a Tim Horton’s - a Turkish restaurant - a Vietnamese restaurant - a Peruvian restaurant - two post offices - four drug stores - two supermarkets - a dry cleaner and tailor - a big pet store - a florist - an ethnic/organic/alternative food store - a photo finisher’s - a hardware store - a Goodwill - a Belle Province - numerous banks, including mine - any number of clothing stores, depanneurs, and small restaurants - three metro stations - two bicycle paths - the St. Lawrence River ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/38 "2008-05-20T06:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Atlanta’s legendary, weirdly esoteric strip club, the [Clermont Lounge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont_Lounge)/url]) [/QUOTE] I’m definitely heading to the Clermont Lounge if I ever make it to Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/39 "2008-05-20T19:51:50Z")
Fields and trees and a few houses. That’s about it. If I walked about 20 minutes I could get to a laundromat and very small Chrysler dealership, or 20 minutes the other way a greenhouse and small grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881/40 "2008-05-20T21:09:09Z")
I can walk to the strip mall across the street, which has the following: - Kroger - Liquor store - Hot dog stand - Soup and sandwich joint - Cici’s Shit-Tastic AYCE Tastic Hunks o’ Cardboard n’ Fermented Ketchup (colloquially known as Cici’s Pizza) - Cell phone store - Sports bar/pool hall - Japanese takeout (mmm, cheap yakisoba) - Chinese takeout (mmm, cheap General Tso’s) - Hair place - Nail place with perpetually lit “Open” sign that closes at 8:00 p.m., not that I care, since you’d more likely catch me at Cici’s than getting my nails done, and that’s saying something Aside from that, there’s: - An “Armoury”, which sells swords, bows, crossbows, maces, chain and plate mail, and a small selection of handguns - A dog groomer (shares a building with the Armoury) - A community college, which I wouldn’t care about, except it has a secluded little arboretum area that’s wonderful for picnics - Harkrader Park. Want to see it? [Here’s the sign](http://www.nokenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/harkrader_view2.jpg), and [here’s the park](http://www.nokenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/harkrader_view2.jpg). No, really…that’s it. That thing to the left is a busy local road that enters/exits onto the interstate, and immediately to the right of what’s visible in the second picture is the interstate. Here’s the [full view](http://www.nokenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/harkrader_view2.jpg). The city decided that that should be a park. I love this town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-walk-to-_______/449881.md?page=3)