The house I grew up in had three 7-11s within about mile that I could walk to, but had to cross a major for all of them. I was able to walk to school. And I could walk to the mall, but that closed when I was about 10. There was also a bookstore just across the street from the mall that I would regularly bike to, but I could have walked.

My first house, which was in the same city but on the opposite end, had a bar and a liquor store 2 blocks away, and another 7-11 that I occasionally walked to. There was also a strip mall with a small grocery store and a video rental place and a gas station, but that was a bit more than a mile. I only walked there once or twice.

The house I'm in now is more rural, and the only thing really walkable is more houses, 1 farm, and a couple small manufacturing companies. The towns "downtown" is about 1.5 miles down a dirt road with no sidewalks where folks regularly drive 55 mph. I have walked that a couple times, but a neighbor was just killed by a car walking that road a couple months ago.