Lived implies you moved from the retirement community. I mentioned 4 grocery stores since the thread is about grocery stores. Other services like post office, dental, the cemetery where I will ride to is within walking distance. 4 large malls I would have to drive about 10 to 15 minutes to get to.We lived in a retirement community in Arizona that had 3 super markets, 2 gas stations, 2 hardware stores, a car wash, a hospital, and a funeral parlor. There were 29,000 residents in mostly private homes.
I'm twenty miles from Walmart, about twenty-two from Albertson's and the cheese & goody store. Walmart is just a hair over twenty minutes, but there's slower traffic for the next two miles.
There's no noise except for coyotes where I live. My nearest neighbor is over ¼ mile away. It's as good as it gets here.