Convenient place to live

Horace

Suburban brag incoming. Had to go to four different shops today for four different things. Wiper blades at the auto parts store, soil & compost at home depot, dog food at pet food shop, groceries at supermarket. Total round trip drive time 20 minutes, distance 8 miles. 3 of the 4 shops have opened since we moved here.

jodi

I live in a town of about 36K people. Yes, I have to order things online, but I love that most of my errands take less than 5 minutes to get to. And I can go the back way and avoid the traffic lights.

AndyD

Nice.
Hmmm, 10k people in our small town. Theoretically a 3 minute drive to market place park. Buy it all in B&M(and Co-Op/ Autoshop). And back.

However to get exactly what is needed, a drive to two nearby towns, couple of hours and a 15 mile round trip.
In London it would have been half the distance but same time.

jodi

To give some perspective, I live in Montana, the county I live in is small - 719 square miles (1157 square Km)n the town has about 35K residents, the county has just over 36K! Closest towns with more shopping options (and better airports) are not far (68, 77 miles) but you have to go through mountain canyons/over mountain passes to get there, and the roads are dicey (to say the least) in bad winter weather. But in good weather, it’s easy with our 80mph speed limits. I do love the great wide open, and feel a tad claustrophobic when I visit more heavily populated areas.