https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:18:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop/page/2#post-288700 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:18:59 +0000 HLK208 288700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: haha! Too funny--we're both lucky to have a good chunk of land in this location too. I really think the market will turn in this area when the US open comes here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288610 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:50:23 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 288610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so funny about sidewalks. I live in a large So Cal city and everywhere has sidewalks...EXCEPT a few streets in my neighborhood. It's really weird and annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288608 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:48:55 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 288608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both - although it's over a mile. And by the way...you made me walk to get coffee today. We live at the top of a huge hill, so I usually drive, but i need the exercise (so does my puppy) and this post made me feel guilty : ).</p> <p>I have decent sized back-yard (not large) and an attached garage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288554 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:53:13 +0000 dagret 288554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing within walking distance to me is my church and the beer distributor, though there are no sidewalks. I can think of a few towns in the area that are walk able and live-able (garage, backyard) but they're all small towns laid out around the turn of the century. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288546 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:35:05 +0000 SugarplumsMom 288546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My backyard isn't huge, but it's big enough for us. The closest coffee shop is about a 25 min walk, longer if you go through the forest and take the scenic route. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288542 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:28:17 +0000 sorrycharlie 288542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a backyard and a detached garage (but we can't use the garage, ILs do), and live around the block from a dunkin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288528 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:00:59 +0000 LazyLightning 288528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a huge yard and there's a starbucks right up the road. Probably take about 5-7 minutes to walk there. However, I don't live in a huge city either--under 100k. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288512 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:40:02 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 288512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Amen. We can walk a bit in our "neighborhood" (term used loosely, no sidewalks) but the main road is busy, narrow, and of course, no sidewalks, so anywhere else, we have to get in a car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288502 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:21:56 +0000 aprk 288502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: It's driving me nuts!!! I just want to take a walk without having to get in my car and drive to a park ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288491 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:02:18 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 288491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: Seriously, what does the south have against sidewalks!? Drives me nuts. </p> <p>I used to live in a neighborhood that had lots of lovely older homes with yards and garages. All were in walking of a wonderful commercial strip with cafes and coffee shops and other little stores. I miss that neighborhood a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288470 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:35:10 +0000 yoursilverlining 288470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live within a close (under 5 minute) walk to a Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts and a local coffee shop and have a garage. We don't have a yard because we have a condo, but all the homes in our area have yards, and most also have garages. You can have both!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288460 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:19:28 +0000 JessiBee 288460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a garage and backyard, and we do have a coffee shop (several, actually) walkable, but it's a little over a mile. So, walkable if you're motivated and the weather is good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288455 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:17:02 +0000 MamaBehr 288455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my old house, in Buffalo, NY, we had a garage, small backyard, and THREE coffee shops walking distance! (Of course, I use the term coffee shop loosely, two of them are dunkin' donuts). Now, in Houston, TX, we have nothing walking distance away :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288432 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:56:18 +0000 KT326 288432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a garage and good size backyard for our area. And we have two coffee shops half a mile away and a huge mall a mile away. We made that walk often when I was on maternity leave! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288427 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:48:11 +0000 DillonLion 288427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have both a large backyard and garage. The closest coffee shop is exactly 2 miles away. Probably not worth a 4 mile round trip unless we were really, really bored and had a lot of energy to burn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288425 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:45:05 +0000 Mrs. Blue 288425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have it all, so to speak, but the coffee shop, while a long but walkable distance, is down a super busy road, so I'm not sure I would want to make that walk, especially with a LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288423 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:42:10 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 288423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@heatherloveskenny and I live super close to eachother and our responses are almost the same! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288421 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:38:57 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 288421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have half an acre backyard, a two car garage, and three coffee shops within a ten minute walk. :)</p> <p>I love my city. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288409 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:16:36 +0000 Mrs. Pen 288409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a townhouse, so we have a garage but NO yard. We can walk to panera which has coffee, walmart, subway, the thrift store, the bank and a couple other businesses. </p> <p>We're moving to an apartment complex where we will have no garage and no yard but be about 10 blocks from my favorite coffee shop! </p> <p>The apartment complex is right on a park though. So it's kind of like having a yard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288402 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:05:38 +0000 aprk 288402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The house I grew up in had a front/back yard, garage, and was 3 blocks to coffeeshops and restaurants. We live down south now, and that doesn't seem as prevalent. Driving everywhere! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288398 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:53:43 +0000 hilsy85 288398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! We live in Brooklyn and have a million coffeeshops near us, but live in an apartment building. So no backyard, no garag! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288396 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:52:27 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 288396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Used to live in a place where you could do this, and I miss it everyday! It was an older, close-in neighborhood in Columbus that had its own really lovely commercial strip with shops and cafes. But the houses still had yards and garages. It was lovely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288379 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:23:33 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 288379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a small backyard/deck, a garage, and can walk to four different coffee shops. That being said, we live in a very small town, and you could walk just about anywhere. But it is possible to have both! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288376 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:20:38 +0000 HLK208 288376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our yard is about a half acre + we have a good size garage and we have a coffee shop that's less than quarter mile away and another that's a half mile away. We also have the library which is a mile away and has a cafe so we usually go there for coffee/reading. To be fair, our house is old and small! Oh and I should add that the garage isn't attached and it's so old that we use it as a shop/storage...both our cars are too tall to fit in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288358 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:56:34 +0000 Andrea 288358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live close to town and have a big yard plus garage. It is always nice to take a walk for coffee! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288348 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:45:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 288348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a big backyard and garage and have to drive *drive* at least 8min to the nearest coffee shop and it doesn't even have outdoor seating so I don't like it. I allllllways wanted to live closer to the city and I'm jealous of those of you who do!!<br /> On our honeymoon in PR we had a bed and breakfast in the center of town and we walked to bread shops and cafed every morning: highlight.of.the.trip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288347 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:44:35 +0000 Shutterbug 288347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a garage and a 1/2 acre lot. Dunkin Donuts is 1.7 miles away, so I guess we could walk there (along with the grocery store, Marshalls, and a bunch of other things) but I've never done it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288340 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:33:22 +0000 oliviaoblivia 288340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While we don't have a backyard or a private garage right now (we're in an apartment). Most of our neighbors have both and are about a two minute walk to three coffee shops. The walkability of Toronto is something I really love. That we could (and hopefully will shortly) have a single family detached house in a downtown location is unique and something I love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288336 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:31:00 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 288336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of. We can walk to lots of coffee shops, don't have a real back yard, just a patio, but we're in a gated community so we have the common area for grass. And we don't have a garage per se, but 2 parking spots in front of our unit. There are people with both of those in our area, it's just a lot more expensive than our place. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-can-walk-to-a-coffee-shop#post-288333 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:29:23 +0000 pinkcupcake 288333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our backyard isn't huge, but we have a garage, and we can't walk to anything :( </p>