I think it's quite hard to reach all the places you may want to go if you just walk if you're in a suburban midwestern town. Really wish we could come up with reasonable non-driving communities. More small towns and villages. My college was situated such that you could walk to classes, bookstores, coffee shops, and groceries comfortably. Wish there were setups like this outside of colleges.

Around Christmas in Michigan, the temperature hovers around 0C.

The person you're replying to is describing about 30 miles of travel, at a rough estimate.

So, there's your answer.

0C (32F) sounds high for anything but daytime high temperatures.

True when I was growing up, recently it's an over-under. Hard freeze isn't reliable until first week of January.

I meant walking to some nearby places instead of driving to far-away ones.