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> An American suburb is, basically by definition, never more than 15 minutes drive ...

which to a lot of the rest of the world is a really, really long ways and essentially "not in the same area".

I'm not sure why. The drive for me in Michigan to get to the nearest grocery store, was not meaningfully different than it was from, say a random suburb in the UK to get to the nearest Tesco.

Again, in a lot of the ACTUAL world, a 15 minute drive isn't possible. That's a ... 5-10 mile walk?

Think beyond suburbia, which is really quite small in the scheme of things.

The crucial point is that such a grocery trip basically requires a car. Meanwhile the rest of the world is used to having businesses within walkable reach.

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