Some places it's just impractical to walk or bike to, but if it's close enough and you aren't lugging a ton of stuff there or home, then it does make sense. I told my hubby that my hope is to eventually be able to ride my bike to the grocery store, drug store, and dollar store that are a couple miles from where we live I'm sure exactly how far, but it's probably close to 4-5 miles. right now I am so NOT confident enough to even try to ride a bike on the main road. I have no problem riding in our neighborhood or the neighborhood across the street, which is where I usually ride, but they hardly have any traffic at all. I'm more likely to have to avoid a ball rolling across the street that kids are playing with than see a car on the street. I'm also still not comfortable at riding more than about 15 mph and the speed limit on the main road is 55mph without any kind of bike path, so I'd have to ride in the right hand lane. Just not ready for that. We are hoping, however, that they will eventually build a bike path all the way to the bank which is down the main road the other way. As it does seem they are doing that in front of new businesses. Even though that is not our primary bank, it would be awesome to be able to ride to that bank anyway.