I am truly spoiled. Within walking distance is my backyard which backs up to a preserved wetland and then adjacent to a formidable 18 hole members only golf course. Another Golf course at the Yacht Club where I could take sailing lessons, swim at their pool, or rub elbows with the elites of the town in the club house (for a small fee of $40,000/yr).
Three beaches within a 10 minute walk from home (one of them is private membership which we are members, the other 2 are public). If I keep going another couple minutes we are in "downtown" which offers shopping, CVS, gas station, quite a few restaurants (I think 16 or so within walking distance) with Thai, Chinese, Mexican, American, Japanese, Seafood, Italian and a few lakeside dining options as well as a couple fast food joints, a few ice cream shops, a weekly summer outdoor festival we call "Manitou Days" that offers family fun, local artistry, kiddy rides, car shows and an annual boat AND car parade as well as a spectacular 4th of July fireworks show over the lake. In walking distance is a theater production company, as well as a children's theater, a hotel with fine dining that offers a Christmastime breakfast buffet with guest appearance by Santa, Post Office, UPS, an old railroad museum, Yoga venue, the Church, Grocery store (albeit very overpriced), Dry Clean and Taylor, Hair Salon, quite a few parks, massage parlor, and a bunch of other local businesses. I admit, I should walk to these places more...or even ride my bicycle. I could walk to 2 of my wife's uncles homes on the lake, the VFW, a few realtors offices, insurance and financial advisors, etc etc etc.
I could probably shave off at least 50 to 100 trips of less than 5 miles each way a year if I tried harder. It's so convenient to also just hop in the car and dart over to where I need to be. I might try and ride my bike at least to get my haircut this summer. Would be fun to walk to Church. We have 3 little kids so usually if I do head into downtown on the bike, its with the bike carriage attached. The kids are slowly able to ride longer distances so this summer we will take a few rides to get ice cream.
I had to laugh that my home had like a 5/100 walking score my realtor pointed out before we put in our offer. We also have a little inter neighborhood trail system that connects a few of our streets. I snow show onto the golf course in the winter. And I walk my son to a few of his baseball games where I walk 4 houses down to the cul de sac and up a small hill through that inter neighborhood trail (the township put mulch down for us) to get to his baseball diamond.
Edit to add, I forgot the local grass field airport. I can almost touch the ultra lights from my deck. Sometimes they startle me they come in so quiet and drop into that area by the nature preserve.
Country living in the city. All sorts of wildlife including deer, black bear, coyote, fox, turkeys, raccoons, squirrels, snakes, rabbits, mice, owls, plenty of birds BluJay, robins, goldfinch, bald eagles, and a few I am missing. We had a few baby deer born in our backyard last year. We have an eagle that likes to hangout in a tree in my yard. Also an Owl who likes to fly around with the mice he catches.