Post by andthentherewere10 on May 3, 2015 16:12:07 GMT -5
The grocery store 25 min a gas station 5 min The hospital or ugenrt care 45 min your elementary school 10 min Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. 40min Your favorite local restaurant. 30 min Park 30 min
20 miles to all but the school gas station and grocery store. The best ones are that far but there is a small grocery and a gas station 12 miles away. School is also 12 miles.
It's all back county roads out here though so 12 miles is usually 12 minutes so not a giant deal.
Post by mainelyfoolish on May 3, 2015 16:21:18 GMT -5
The grocery store - about 7 minutes to Walmart; 10 to 15 minutes to a dedicated grocery store
a gas station - about 10 minutes (5 minutes to an overpriced one)
The hospital or ugenrt care - 10 minutes to an urgent care, 25 minutes to a hospital
your elementary school - 10 minutes
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - 10 to 30 minutes
Your favorite local restaurant - 10 to 15 minutes to fast food in the next town or the main road in our town where all the restaurants are
Park - 10 minutes
We live in a smallish town (about 10k people) with two moderately sized cities/urban areas about 30 minutes north and south of us. Not really a suburb of anything, but a suburban area. What's really important to know is we don't have food delivery available and half the restaurants in my town close over the winter. Such FWPs.
I live in the middle of a large suburb of a major metropolitan area, so everything is close. Gas station, grocery store and hospital are within walking distance.
The grocery store - 5 minutes to the small-ish one in town (it has 95% of what I would need, but it's $$$) or 25-30 minutes to a super store (Target, Meijer, Wal-Mart, Costco)
a gas station - 2-3 minutes
The hospital or ugenrt care - urgent care, 20 minutes? hospital about 30
your elementary school - 5 minutes
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. 5-10 minutes if it's something in our town. 30 minutes if it's in the bigger town nearby.
Your favorite local restaurant. - there are two casual local places we like about 10 minutes away. one fancier about 15-20 minutes. favorite, like would recommend it to OOT visitors or go there for a special occasion, 30-40 minutes.
Park - 5 minutes
We live in a smaller town surrounded by a rural area. I live near town limits (but not "in town"), so I'm pretty close to everything and can ride my bike or walk to the soccer field, park, grocery store, library. This is made easier by the subdivision behind our house that connects to another subdivision + the town's walking path.
We own property about 2.5 miles south of where we currently live which is on a country road and would be about another 5 minutes to anything local. Both our house and property are in desirable locations. My BIL and SIL live further out than we do and they would be 15-20 minutes to a local grocery store, kids activities, parks, etc. I have gotten a lot better at planning ahead as to what we need from places like Target or Costco living further away, we use Amazon Prime a lot, and you do adjust to the longer drive. (And our property taxes are like 1/5 of what they would be if we lived even 5 miles further north.)
a gas station <0.5 mi, but 1.5 miles to the one with reasonable prices.
The hospital or urgent care Children's hospital, 12 miles. Adult or maternity care hospital, 3 miles. Urgent care, 2.5 miles.
your elementary school 2 miles.
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. No idea, since we haven't done anything like this. There are a lot of options, though. Plenty within 5 miles.
Your favorite local restaurant. Hard to pick a favorite... say 4 miles. Tons of options.
Park With a little playground? 0.5 mile. Large park, one in 8 miles and one in 10.
The grocery store - 1.5 miles by road or less than 1 mile walking through the neighborhood/trails a gas station - 1 mile The hospital or ugenrt care - 7-10 minutes by car to ER/women's and children's center your elementary school - 1 mile Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - no activities yet, but plenty of close options Your favorite local restaurant - 1.5 miles Park - .2 miles
We live in suburbia, very close to a big shopping area. We chose this location because of its proximity to the places we frequent. Ideally we'd like a lot more land, though, which will probably put us 15-20 minutes away from most places. There are no good land options close to shopping areas, and all busy areas have very small lots, so it's one or the other here.
The grocery store- There is one 3 blocks away. I usually go to one that is about a mile away.
a gas station- There are 2 equal distance, about 5 blocks.
The hospital or ugenrt care- 3 blocks to a world-class hospital.
your elementary school - NA
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - We travel about 4 miles to where he does his class. I am sure there are closer and other options as he gets older.
Your favorite local restaurant - We don't really have a favorite, but there are a lot of options.
The hospital or ugenrt care: Hospital is 15 minutes away; urgent care centers are 10
your elementary school: daycare is 15 minutes away
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc: N/A, but there is a Little Gym across from the hospital and a big city park across the street from daycare.
Your favorite local restaurant: Options here are limited. For the good local places we have to drive 30 minutes.
Park: Neighborhood park is across the street.[/quote]
We live in an urban area. We do not own a car and walk/bike/transit everywhere.
The grocery store - 0.4 miles
a gas station - 0.2 miles
The hospital or urgent care - 3.3 miles
your elementary school - 0.2 miles
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - Soccer field is 0.6 miles. Not sure about dance or anything else. We don't do those types of activities yet.
We're in a first ring suburb. Our house is in a very convenient area in the city, yet our neighborhood feels very small and neighborly. Other than the houses being close together, we often forget we are so near a metro area.
Grocery- closest is 1/2 mile, my usual stops are 1.2 to 3 miles away Gas- 1/2 block Hospital- 1 mile (though I prefer the one that is 8 miles away) Elementary school- 1 mile Kids' activities- all within 5 miles Favorite restaurant- 2 miles Park- 3 blocks
Post by DarcyLongfellow on May 3, 2015 17:03:01 GMT -5
The grocery store -- less than 5 minutes
a gas station -- maybe 3 or 4 minutes
The hospital or urgent care -- 20 minutes to a hospital
your elementary school -- less than 5 minutes
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. -- maybe 15 minutes, up to 30 minutes
Your favorite local restaurant -- we have restaurants we enjoy within 5 minutes, but many more options 15 minutes away
Park -- we can walk to the playground in our neighborhood (1/2 mile away). We have other playgrounds we enjoy 10 minutes away, and a huge city park 15 minutes away
All of this is driving distance. We could walk/bike to the places within a 5 minute drive (grocery, elementary school, Starbucks, 3 restaurants, the beach) -- but we don't because there are some pretty major roads with high speed limits -- one of them without sidewalks. As the girls get bigger we may start biking to the one shopping center that's probably a 3 mile bike ride away, but there are sidewalks the whole way.
ETA: We live in a suburban-ish area that's also sort of a resort/beach town. So all the major, city-provided services are very close (DMV, post office), but major shopping is in the city that we are near (which is actually a different county), so about 20-30 minutes away. Also, my neighborhood is big, so a lot of the 5 minute times are just me driving through my neighborhood.
We are looking to move in like a year (please god!!) so this is what I'm looking for:
School: close- 5- 10mins? Grocery or some sort of convenience store/gas: a mile.
Hospital or fire station (wherever there are EMTs): up to 2 miles
Park- depends on neighborhood. Either one within walking distance or a neighborhood where kids run all over.
Activities/lessons/restaurants: 20 mins? Not a huge concern.
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Dd has allergies and DS has a high probability of getting them. They also could get asthma in the future, so that's why I want to be relatively close to first responders.
There are a few reasons I like to live near some sort of store just incase we can't drive due to weather or something happens to our cars or some other crazy issue, we can still get essentials on foot.
Elementary schools- we'll be using that school for about 10 years since our kids are 5 years apart, so to me I'd like to live closest to that if possible.
As our search for land continues I am pondering what is normal. We aren't in a urban area, more country so subdivisions aren't really options
The grocery store
a gas station
The hospital or ugenrt care
your elementary school
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.
Your favorite local restaurant.
Park
Grocery store 1.5 blocks (3min walk) Gas (1 min walk) Hospital 1mile (5 min drive) School (public 1min walk, my kids <1mile) Activities (varies 5min to 45 min) Restaurant (fav is <1mile) Park 2 blocks (5min walk)
Post by humpforfree on May 3, 2015 17:21:36 GMT -5
Grocery- 10 to bad one, 15 to better, I also drive 30 to aldi every week Gas- 10 Hospital- 25 Elementary school- 10 Activities- no idea. Probably at least a half hour if it isn't at the community center/fields by the schools Restaurant- 20 minutes to an okay Mexican, half hour to pretty much anything else Park- I don't know- we don't really go to parks? There is a playground in like 10 minutes Eta- target is a half hour. Pretty much everything is a half hour away, but within a half hour radius we can get to anything we would ever need.