How far do you live from....

[iheartbanjos]

The grocery store

a gas station
2 minutes

The hospital or ugenrt care
12 minutes-hospital, 3 minutes-urgent care

your elementary school
<1 minute

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.
3-15 minutes depending on the activity

Your favorite local restaurant.
<5 minutes

Park
2 minute walk

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ETA: we live in a well planned suburban neighborhood about 5 miles from downtown of our small city.

[linz]

May 3, 2015 16:10:05 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

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

5-10 minutes, depending on which one I want to go to

1 minute

7 minutes from closest hospital (I wouldn't go there though), 20 from the one I delivered at

10 minutes

n/a

10 minutes

5 minute walk

[momin2013]

The grocery store: 3 minutes to a crappy one, 15 to our usual store

A gas station: 4 minutes

The hospital or urgent care: about 7 minutes

Your elementary school: n/a yet, but one is to be built soon about a 1.5 minute drive away

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.: Fields about 2 minutes away, lots of playgroups close, but no clue where other stuff is.

Your favorite local restaurant: Does McDonald's count? If so, 7 minutes.

Park: We just walk down the path behind our house to a huge playground and soon-to-open splashpad.

[arch01]

Grocery: 5 min
Gas: 5 min
Hospital: 10-15min depending on traffic
Elementary School: 2 min
Activities: 15-20min
Favorite restaurant: We don't really have one-our go-tos though are about 15min
Park: Around the corner

[donthasslethehoff]

May 3, 2015 16:10:05 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

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 about 3 minutes from 3-4

a gas station ~2 minutes from about 10 of them. The one I go to is like 3 minutes away

The hospital or ugenrt care walking distance from my house. I can actually see the building from my back yard

your elementary school I think it's like 10 minutes. We don't have kids in school yet.

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. N/A

Your favorite local restaurant. 6 minutes driving

Park there are 2 within walking distance. There are probably another 5 or so within a 5-10 min drive.


The funny thing about all of this...my city dweller friends laugh at the fact I live about 30 minutes outside Boston.  The 'burbs are too far out.

[vmars]

The grocery store -5 mins

a gas station - 1 min

The hospital or ugenrt care - 15 mins

your elementary school - 5 mins

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - n/a

Your favorite local restaurant. - 15 mins

[SpartanGirl]

Our house is really centrally located in town so we're close to most things.

The grocery store - there's one about 2 blocks from our house. It's not our main shopping store, but is nice for last minute things. Our regular grocery store is about a 10 - 15 minute drive.

a gas station - 2 minutes

The hospital or ugenrt care - less than 5 minutes

your elementary school - 2 blocks. We walk to school.

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - Depends on the activity. This year most activities are within 10 minutes from our house.

Your favorite local restaurant. - about 5 minutes.

Park - about a 5 minute walk

[runblondie26]

As close as a half mile to a gas stataion and grocery store. The farthest place on your list is school, which is 10 miles away (although if we sent DD to the public elementary school it would be about 2 miles down the road).

It would be nice if we were in a more walkable community, but that's becoming harder to come by in typical suburbia. We shyed away from sub-divisions and live on a piece of property that is pretty secluded, but still pretty convenient to most things by car.

[pooh8402]

Keep in mind I am in a subdivision.

The grocery store: 5 min

a gas station: 5 min

The hospital or ugenrt care: 5 min to standalone ER/urgent care, 10 min to hospital

your elementary school: I can see it from my house. 2 min walk.

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. Field/park/playground, next to elem school. ~15-20 min from most other activities (dance, sports, gymnastics/cheer)

Your favorite local restaurant: 20-30 min depending on traffic. It's on the other side on town. ~10 min from most casual sit down restaurants.

Park: can see it from my house. 2 min walk.

Work: 10 for me (the aforementioned hospital), ~20 for DH. Our two daycares of choice are about 10-15 min from home.

We're just on the edge of city limits of a small city/large town that is surrounded by rural areas. ~1.5 hour to the closest big city.

[BAMFMrsB]

We live in suburbia, so.....



The grocery store
- 4mi (there's a closer one @2mi away but the good/BIG store is better) we also have TJs and Whole Paycheck within 5mi.


a gas station
- 4mi


The hospital or urgent care
- new urgent care just built in our area - 3.5mi. Big hospital = 8.5mi, and big/better hospital for babies or adults = 13mi


your elementary school
- 2.5mi


Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.
- there's a Y near us = 2mi


Your favorite local restaurant.
= 3mi

 
Park
= 3mi

[halfpint]

We're in the heart of a small town that's a suburb of a small city. I actually kind of love our 'hood, we can walk almost everywhere. I'm going to miss it when we move!

The grocery store -
We have one within walking distance, maybe a mile?
We prefer to shop at Target or Costco, those are maybe 10 miles away

A gas station -
Like three blocks?

The hospital or urgent care -
Urgent care is a few miles away
Hospital is about 10 miles away

Your elementary school
Four blocks

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc.
Community center is maybe three blocks away

Your favorite local restaurant
Four blocks

Park
1/2 mile

[patbutcher]

The grocery store - 5 minute walk to two grocery stores (one upscale, the other is Walmart supercentre)

a gas station (in same plaza as Walmart so a 1 min drive)

The hospital or ugenrt care (30 minutes but in Dec a new hospital will open about 10 mins)

your elementary school - about a 10 min walk.

Kids activities, soccer field, dance class, etc. - about a 5 min walk

Your favorite local restaurant.  - 20 min walk or 5 min drive

Park - two parks with swings etc and a splash pad are within 5 min walk each (one north, one south)


I live in a subdivision/planned community. Within the community there are two elementary schools (one regular, one catholic), library, high school, community centre and two parks, baseball diamond, skatepark, football field and track, splash pad.

House prices reflect the above.