[nottorp]

It's not a single use zone if stores are allowed in it. The OP means that you need a car to get anything you need because the nearest store is 2 hours of walking away.

[inglor_cz]

Ah, this is something I did not know. A residential area that allows no stores is really a weird, weird concept.

[nottorp]

Oh, I'm also in Eastern Europe and it's similarly foreign to me. Even the new suburbs they're building here now with all identical houses, Edward Scissorhands style, have corner stores(tm) within walking distance everywhere.

[oblio]

Small stores draw criminals, you see?

[inglor_cz]

So does big business :)