Yeah, I'd read a bit from that forum. Inspiring. I'd love to do that in the future.
I was just slightly surprised to see how much better an option it is to go bike out to the pizza place. Here goes nothing.
-V
In Winnipeg, and in that little town in Victoria, I lived within 1 km of shopping, restaurants, pizza places, etc. etc. ... it wasn't worth to drive most places. We had a car in Victoria, but about the only time we drove to go shopping or pick up pizzas or something was if we were coming back from a trip somewhere. For example, in the summer, we would drive to a less touristy area on a Saturday to cycle, and on the way back we might stop in at the pizza place ... but if we were cycling from home, we'd swing by there on our bicycles.