When I lived in MA, the closest Wallymart was 11 miles away and the JoAnn's was 9 miles away. I tried some of the LQS which are few and far between. Now that I am back in CA, I have Wallymarts all over the place and JoAnn's too. We also have many LQS which I love to go look at and buy from them. We only have one Wallymart that sells material which is about 11 miles away. They have a lot of it too but you really have to check it out to see if you really want to buy it. The funny part to me is that even though that is just as far away as the one in MA it seems closer to me. I think it has to do with the fact that the ride in MA was basically residential and trees and country roads, stuff like that where here it is all asphalt jungle with commercial buildings all the way.