It's about 3 miles round trip to my nearest store with some decent hills and you have to ride on a highway. There is a back way to the store but it's being redone and it's closed right now which will make it safer to bike. Before the construction and when I was single with no kids I walked to the store every day to pick up stuff for dinner taking the back way. Now even when it reopens I'll still probably drive because I usually have to take at least 1 of my 2 young children. If I had an ebike I'd probably take that because I'm not riding my bike up the hills with my kids in tow.