Here are the places I can walk to with ease: a grocery store, several carryouts, the library, Ohio State University, a movie theater, a Barnes and Noble bookstore, Panera's, the bus stop, an ice cream shop, various boutiques, nightclubs, bars and restaurants (including a sushi restaurant and a tea house, three churches, one mosque, three parks, Starbucks, a check-cashing store, art galleries and a nursery (yes, right in the city--it's called Urban Gardener's). If the weather is bad, I'd want to resort to a car or bus for some of these destinations, but most of them are practically at our front door.
My husband and I had no car for several years, but most of the time we made out just fine without one. Sure, we had to walk to the grocery and the library and lug home groceries and books in backpacks and tote bags. And it took a few extra minutes to get there and back. But the grocery and library are less than five blocks away from our house. Driving seems almost pointless, unless we're really in a hurry or have too much to carry home. Unfortunately, now that we have a car, we rarely walk anymore. But we can if we want to.
Walking in the great outdoors is great exercise, but so is walking in the city. And it's less boring.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
