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by gen220 1229 days ago
From NYC, within a 15 minute walk from my door:

- Whole Foods

- Key Food

- 2-3 specialty grocers (think italian importers, etc.)

- gourmet grocer

- two butcher shops and a fresh fish shop

- CVS (yes, they sell groceries! spooky)

- 2-3 bodegas that sell shelf-stable goods, as well as a small collection of fruit and vegetables

If you go expand it to 15 minute bike, the world is truly your oyster, but the primary one that pops up is Trader Joe's.

The most remarkable part of this description, is that it identifies at least 4 or 5 different neighborhoods in NYC, those are only the ones I can think of off the top of my head, and I haven't been close to everywhere.

There's a lot of things to knock about NYC, but it's easily the most walkable city in the US, that I've seen.

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Sure but everyone would expect that in New York but people on here tend to miss that suburbs can be walkable too. I live in the most suburban neighborhood 25 miles away from central Phoenix that you could possibly imagine and have a 15 minute walk to 2 full size grocery stores, several bars, a wide variety of restaurants, plenty (an understatement) of medical offices, coffee shops etc. 20 minutes gets me to Walmart, a movie theater, and tons more. Having been to New York many times I strongly prefer the walk through tree lined, low traffic and noise streets that I have here.