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 - maybe a mile and a half Urgent Care - mile and a half Elementary school -3 miles Kids activites- 2-3 miles but I drive 30 minutes for other activites Local restaurant 1 mile
The hospital or ugenrt care - about 10 minutes to the closest hospital
your elementary school - No clue.
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - N/A (my kid isn't born yet so TBD)
Your favorite local restaurant. - two blocks (5 min walk at most)
Park - across the street
I live in an urban area where pretty much everything is walkable so probably different than what you are looking for, but I like having everything close by.
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 20 min Gas 5 min Small Hospital 20 min. School 1 block Soccer 6 blocks, 5 min. Dance and other classes 20 min Fave Restaurant 1 hour Park 6 blocks
We are less than two miles from everything listed. I do go to the suburbs once a month or so to go to Trader Joe's, Costco, and Target (don't have to go there often now that everyone is potty trained).
We live in suburbia but minutes from the city's largest shopping area. So, grocery, gas, dozens of restaurants, Costco, gas stations are 5 minutes away.
The elementary school we are zoned for is on our neighborhood and is probably a 3-minute drive. We can walk to a park, which is 1/2 mile away.
DD's preschool is 5 minutes away, and her dance school is about 15 minutes.
Nearest hospital is 10 minutes (but "best" hospital/one I delivered at is about 20 minutes).
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
Well my answers will be shorter than most, but that's because we specifically bought in this neighborhood because it's so walkable. It's a very suburban neighborhood but with lots of shopping so close, it feels urban. .
There is one grocery store across the street, it's a 5 minute walk or a 1 minute drive. There's another grocery store about a 30 minute walk, or a 5 minute drive.
Hospital is a 15 minute drive. There's an urgent care within a 5-10 minute walk.
Elementary school is a 15 minute walk or a 3 minute drive.
Kids activities are all really close. The farthest is tap dance class, which is about a 30 minute drive without traffic, or an hour with traffic.
No more than 5 minutes away from any of those, which is the time it takes us to get from our house, through the subdivision, to the main road. We love where we live.
I live in a town about 8ish miles north of Boston that happens to have a hospital.
The grocery store .5 mile to a grocery store but Not one I frequent. I travel a few miles to go to wf, tj, and another local store.
gas station .5 mile
The hospital or ugenrt care 4 blocks
your elementary school 1 block
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. park and soccer field.is about 3 blocks away. A few miles for swim and music because we go in other towns to get the programs we want.
Your favorite local restaurant. .5 mile. Or 7 miles to get downtown Boston
We live on an acreage in the middle of nowhere. We are about a 15 min drive to town. It's not a very big town though so once we are there everything is a 5-10 min drive. There is one gas station closer, maybe 5 mins or so.
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.- NA
Your favorite local restaurant- there are some good ones within 2 miles, more by the mall which is 5 miles away, but my favorite is 19 miles away. It's worth it.
Post by cincodemayo on May 3, 2015 19:07:35 GMT -5
All of the things listed are within a 1-2 mile walk/drive, with the exception of parks, of which one is practically in our backyard, and the hospital which is probably 3-4 miles.
Post by nextbigthing on May 3, 2015 19:31:23 GMT -5
The grocery store - 5min
a gas station - 3min
The hospital or ugenrt care - 5min
your elementary school -2min
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - n/a yet but will be ~7min
Your favorite local restaurant. 10min
Park - 2-in walk
I grew up in a fairly rural area in Southeastern Massachusetts, it was a 15 min drive to school, 20 min to grocery, I love now having everything I need nearby (most at the back of our subdivision)
Post by redheadbaker on May 3, 2015 19:37:08 GMT -5
How far do you live from:
The grocery store -- about two and a half blocks
a gas station -- 1.5 miles
The hospital or ugenrt care -- two blocks
your elementary school -- it's literally behind our apartment building
Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. -- DS' tee ball practice is a 15-minute bus ride/30-minute walk away, but there are closer fields. We didn't get to choose our field assignment.
Your favorite local restaurant. -- there are TONS of great restaurants within a 15-minute walk. Can't choose one favorite.
Post by SallySparrow on May 3, 2015 19:41:13 GMT -5
I, uh, measure distance in minutes. Sorry in advance.
Grocery: 8-10 minutes Gas Station: 5 minutes Hospital: 15-20 minutes to the one we'll actually go to Urgent Care: 6 minutes Babysitter (not in school yet): 30 minutes. We are less than a mile from the elementary school she will go to. Restaurant: 15 minutes Park: 5 minutes
We live in the county, so we have a pretty big partially wooded back yard. It's the best of both worlds.
I lived in the middle of nowhere growing up, so my answers would have been 1hr + for almost everything. We did have a gas station 15 minutes away and a small grocery store 30 minutes away. School was 20 minutes.
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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: 10 mins walking, 2 mins driving. Gas station: 2 min driving hospital: 10 mins elementary school: where he will go is 5 min drive. If he went to the public one it would be a 15mi.n walk or 3 min drive local places to eat: we can walk to a few and most others are 5 to 10 mins driving
i love where I live for exactly how close everything is and we are by water. The only thing that sucks is I commut 1 hour 10 mins each way.