Quote Originally Posted by Parkguy View Post
Here in Rosedale Park, I can walk no more than a quarter mile and get just about everything I need, except for the things I'd want to go to a mall to buy, anyway. Groceries, drugstores, hardware stores, haircuts, some clothing, video, carry-outs... all that is missing is a really nice sit-down restaurant and a coffee house [[I am baffled about why those are missing). Granted, if I lived farther away from Grand River, it would be a longer walk. There are other areas of the city that are walkable, too.
Rosedale Park close to Grand River? Okay, I'll buy that. Just out of curiosity, though, what are "things I'd want to go to a mall to buy, anyway," and what is it about them that makes you want to buy them in a mall?