If things are spread out and randomly distributed then you have a living economy reachable by foot. There will be a bakery, a barber, a library, and a cafe in your neighborhood. If you put all the houses in one place and all the bakeries in another, then you have to get in your car or on the bus to travel between them.
I always trot out Paris, but that's only because it's such a good example.
I always trot out Paris, but that's only because it's such a good example.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/bakery/@48.8858374,2.3347...