Since Oxford Foods closed, that's a long walk to the grocery store for those units. The bank also closed in Cook St. village. We used to make use of both of those, now we have to drive. And yes, we still go to a bank in person from time to time. I guess you could walk to the drug store in Cook St. village or Fairfield Plaza, but again, it's a long walk, esp. if you're pressed for time. We live in this area and don't consider ourselves in Rockland, but Fairfield.
I agree they feel more Fairfield than Rockland but the City draws the line down the middle of Richardson and up the middle of Linden. So the North side of Richardson and East side of Linden are Rockland, and the South and West are Fairfield.
I live around the corner and regularly walk to Market on Yates, Root Celler, and the Moss Street market for most of my groceries. The Cook Street village is only a 10 minute walk and has a Pharmacy, the Root Celler, a liquor store, multiple restaurants, 3 coffee shops, a health food store, a dentist, a pet store, a pub, etc. TD and RBC at Fort & Douglas are only a 20 minute walk which is also reasonably close. If someone wants all those types of services closer, they can always move into one of the new buildings downtown, but I personally wouldn't want to run the gauntlet outside the door of a lot of downtown condos these days.