In NYC, even Daddy Warbucks walked something on the order of 87 blocks to work each day.
Yeah, yeah, obligatory...: Missing Persons - Walking in L.A.
(FWIW, I think Dale Bozzio is from the same town as Elizabeth Short, the unfortunate "Black Dalia".)
LA is very large geographically. Not much to walk to unless you have a commercial district nearby.