Poll: How far do you drive to grocery store?

jorie

Restaurants?

Shopping mall?

I'm close to everything.  Literally within 5 minutes.  I grew up in the boonies though...where you had to drive 20 minutes to get groceries. 

We're planning a move soon and this is a major issue.  Do we live in a quaint little beach town close to work but where there isn't much of anything within 25 miles, or do we live in a bigger city and make the 35-minute commute? WWYD?

DandelionMom

We're close to everything and I really like it.  I can walk to two grocery stores, three Starbucks, Target, and Home Depot. 

littlemermaid

We live very close to everything.  The grocery store is 2 miles away and there's 2 malls all within a few minutes drive from the house too.  We also have a cottage near the beach and the closest major stores are at least a 40 minute drive(with no traffic) and it is such a pain to go get something.  So I rather live closer to the stores.

ridesbuttons

I vote quaint town, but that is me.

 

We drive 10 minutes to everything.  We live in a small town (about 10 minutes to Main Street).

 

If you are making a long-term move, consider the long-term issues.  Kid's activities (do you want to drive half an hour for every music lesson, soccer game) your extended social life...stuff like that.

 

Even having said that, I vote quaint town.  I love small towns!  You could not pay me to live in a city.

MrsCorbin

Fry's/Kroeger is 3 streets away but I usually drive 1/2 a mile to Safeway because they have shopping carts with a double car in the front for the kids.

We are surrounded by restaurants and there are at least 5 24 hour fast food places within 1/2 mile.

The mall is 2 miles away.

I am used to being close to everything.  When I am talking to people and they say they have to drive far to get places it seems weird.  A quaint beach town does sound nice though.

~Kat~

We drive about 15-20 minutes to most stuff. I don't mind. We just plan and do it all in one day. I think I spend less money this way.

co18co

Very, very close. We are less than a mile to most errands we have to run, yet still live in a quiet neighborhood. 

We do most of our grocery shopping on foot, or on bikes if we have more than a couple of things to get (put stuff in the trailer with Benjamin).

I lived in the 'burbs, but a lot of our lives is a great combo of quaint but with all the perks of a more urban place.

shopgirl78

I shop at two grocery stores:?

2 miles to one

4 miles to another ?

Our CRAP mall is 10-11 miles away (better ones an hour or so away)?

Target is about 12-13 miles away?

jen8/9/03

One minute to the grocery store.  The mall is about 20 minutes away.   I live in a city, so most everything is close.  We're moving to the suburbs though so things will be a bit different soon.

GettinNervous

I have 5 grocery stores (not convenience stores, which are closer) all about 4 miles away. I have 2 restaurants on my street, but I don't usually go to them. REAL shopping mall is about 8 miles away. We have strip malls all over, but I didn't count them.

 I would love to live in a quaint beach town, but 25 miles is way too far out unless you can shop once a month and just pick up milk and stuff at a little store that's closer. (even CVS has some food) I am NOT a city person.

Marchmamma

We have about 15-25 mintue drive to everything.  We do have an ACME that is 1/2 mile from home, but its too much $$  so we don't go there.

AZ_Erica

We're within 5 miles of everything. We grew up in the boonies too.  While it's convient living close to everything, I would rather live in the boonies.

preemiemom

We are about 25 minutes to a real grocery store and about ten minutes to a Dollar General. It can really suck.

MrsStubbs

The grocery store that I like to go to is about 11 blocks away another one is 4 blocks. Most restaurants are within 2-3 miles and there are no shopping malls just a small department store.

Punk*Mommy

We are 10 minutes from a Kroger (it's expensive and small though cause it's in the middle of nowhere), and a good 25 minutes from Meijer.

The mall is at least 30-40 minutes away.

I have a love/hate relationship with where we are. I love the fact that we're in a small town and it's super quiet. I hate the fact that there's no stores out here, and that the pizza places only deliver until 10pm on a Saturday. 

MrsCali_Bride

Grocery store - It takes less than 10 minutes on city streets

Restaurants - 10-20 minutes

Shopping mall - 10-15 minutes at most

I say quaint beach town.  I would rather have a short drive to work and just have to make a slightly longer drive to shop, eat out, etc. than have a long drive to work five days a week and closer food, shopping, etc.  H currently commutes 30 miles each way on top of having a very physical job that requires him to drive to multiple locations every day and I can tell you, it definitely takes a toll on him by the time he gets home.

jorie

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