Walkscore.com gives our neighborhood an index of 20, this means we are considered "car dependent." Check out your score here: walkscore.com.
The convenience store I previously talked about is about 3/4's of a mile from our house. Walkscore shows the farm stand as a "grocery" as well. After being disappointed by the selection at the convenience store, we chose to walk to the farm stand.
From spring to fall this stand provides fresh vegetables, eggs and other homemade items such as pies, salad dressings and preserves. Since we did not find anything we wanted at the other store, we hoped for more luck at the Farm Stand. Today we were looking for potatoes, carrots, salad items and dressing. Found everything but the carrots, substituted zucchini as the days vegetable of choice.
Overall, at least during the growing season, we could survive on what we can buy at the Farm Stand. Walkscore also notes that the Farm Stand is only a third of a mile from the house. It could be a doable walk, even in the rain.
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