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In every suburb I've lived in, whether in Austin or Pittsburgh or San Jose, there has been a grocery store within walking distance.

I have lived in smaller cities where that's not the case, but not in the suburbs.

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Seriously? Most late-20th century American subdivisions are built on the scale of a section, which is a mile on each side. Each section typically has a strip-mall type car-centered shopping area with a grocery store at one corner. Due to the fractal layout of the dead-end streets and lack of walking facilities it is generally at least a mile from any of the houses to any of the grocers. And that's for th people who are willing to walk down the side of a giant street-cross-freeway without sidewalks.

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