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I would never move somewhere where I had to drive to go to the store...we walk almost everywhere, and I love it! It's so much easier than dealing with the carseat, parking, traffic, not being able to get to LO if I"m driving, etc. Plus, I feel like walking outside in teh stroller is a much better experience for LO than being in a carseat all the time.

I love walking everywhere but I'm biased because I moved to a city specifically for that reason. I find it incredibly easy to get out and do things, and was out and about almost every day on my maternity leave, whereas my friends in driving places were more isolated and stayed indoors for days on end (not that they had to, some of it is just personality). I never even used our stroller, I much preferred wearing. I have a high lazy factor and this lifestyle works for me.

I'm not voting bc Lo isn't here yet but my plan is to walk way more. I hate driving and am nervous doing it anyway, but I'm with you- walking seems so much easier. What you describe sounds perfect- easy driving or parking, but a few minutes walk to big conveniences. I would def choose that.

We are in a more residential neighborhood of a city- def still city but we have parking and can drive if need be. Only one car though.

I think it just depends on age. When lo was a baby walking would have been fine. Now she's a toddler and she hates her stroller.

I also like to do a big shopping trip so I need my trunk.

I am a nanny and I far prefer working with families who are within walking distance of things and my husband and I bought a house within walking distance of all the typical places we frequent. I find the biggest issue with driving is not the one and done stops it is when you need to go to the grocery store, the dry cleaners and the pet store-- all of that in and out is really hard on a toddler. We can do all of those errands on foot and the toddler can hang out in the stroller the whole time or we hang out in the park for twenty minutes to burn off some steam between errands. Granted you can't do a huge grocery run with just a stroller but we tend to do a big stock up once a month with the car and then do walking trips for the rest of the time.

I hear you on the affordability part, even within our same town we could have bought a 4 bedroom place instead of 3 had we been willing to move further away from the Main street area. We really struggled with the decision and our realtor thought we were a bit nuts but I am so glad we did it.

I would be in heaven if I could walk to a store that close. Heaven. Stroller trips are so much easier than getting in the car.