I don’t live in a city, but I live in a “15 minute town”, I guess. In 15 minutes I can walk to grocery shops, cafes, pubs, restaurants, pharmacy, opticians, dentist, GP, library, state primary school, bus stop to get to bigger towns, churches of three denominations should you want such a thing, community centre with adult education classes and sports facilities and gym, and swimming pool. The train station is a little further, but only 20 mins’ walk because I live on the opposite side of town. And I absolutely love it. Obviously we have to travel to access big supermarkets (although personally I get home delivery), the local hospital and secondary schools, but that’s inevitable. Why would you not want everything close at hand so you don’t need to jump in a car all the time?
