I love living in Grand Isle, no doubt about it.
BUT....
We are here for 6 weeks in Ocean Grove, NJ, my favorite NJ town. I've always loved how walkable it is. Here are a couple of examples from the less than 18 hours we've been here.
This morning I woke up and got the coffee out to make and realized we don't have half-and-half (horrors!!). I spent 10 seconds being dejected until I recalled that there is a market just 4 blocks away. So I put on my sneakers and made the 5 minute walk there and back and had my coffee ready in no time.
Also this morning, the first thing on my to-do list is to deposit a check I received up in Grand Isle. I couldn't mobile deposit it, so I've been holding it for a week. So when I googled directions to the closest branch of the bank that has my business account, I again remembered that it's a 10 minute walk from me.
I can walk to the ocean as well as the train station. I can walk to restaurants and the post office. If I ran out of gas, I can walk to the gas station.
There is definitely something wonderful about walkable places. The Walk Score website rates Ocean Grove a Walker's Paradise
Do you live in a Walker's Paradise? Is that important to you?