Just as well there aren't so many fireworks. the folks around here keep losing body parts when they play with those things. EEwwwww....
Coberst, my brain feels funny so I'm pretty sure your question is over my head. But I would like to live in a world where I could walk anywhere I needed to go - work, shopping, etc.
My son's tia kwon do teacher used to say "Everything's in walking distance, if you have enough time."
For me, the grocery store would be 1.5 or 5 hrs, depending which I went to, walking. Time is not the problem, but my legs would not stand for that.
I am not seeing where reality vs fantasy, hero worship or military has anything to do with how far I live from Meijer.
But that could just be my vertigo.