You can call it gasoline if you're talking to a US audience naive to the ways of the world and are afraid you'll confuse said audience.

I'm one of the lucky ones. .3 miles to a 24-hour 7-11, .4 miles to a 24-hr mexican food joint, .4 miles to tasty Russian market, 1.1 miles to a full service supermarket, several other bars, restaurants, banks and other businesses, 3.8 miles to work, 2.8 miles to a source for good hay, two bike shops in a 5-mile radius, 3 comic book shops in a 5 mile radius. And I don't even live in a big city.

Oh, I gotta add some more in here : .3 miles to bowling alley, grow light store, Teriyaki, fish and chips, movie rental.

I'm still not as lucky as some Manhattanites. Many of them have a vast array of goods and services (aside from the hay) at their beck and call 24 hours a day. Much of them deliver, also. Of course their rent would be at least five times what mine is for a similar pad.