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The phrase "a few blocks from here" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate a location that is nearby, typically in an urban context.
Example: "The nearest coffee shop is just a few blocks from here, making it a convenient stop for a quick caffeine fix."
Alternatives: "a short distance away" or "a couple of streets over."
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I live a few blocks from here.
Still working a few blocks from here".
"It's only a few blocks from here".
One lives a few blocks from here, with his husband".
My father is buried a few blocks from here, for God's sake.
And there's a waterway a few blocks from here, so you could bring in boats if you need to".
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The arena is also only a few blocks from Pennsylvania Station here, making it accessible by public transportation.
THE four members of Misstallica huddled on a squat concrete staircase outside Asbury Lanes, a scrappy, punk-theme bowling alley and music hall a few blocks from the boardwalk here.
A FEW blocks from the Tesla Motors dealership here is one of California's public charging stations for electric vehicles.
Mr. Ackermann seems to enjoy a good relationship with Jean-Claude Trichet, the outgoing president of the European Central Bank, whose office is a few blocks from Deutsche Bank's headquarters here.
ON the ground floor of a nondescript building, a few blocks from the University of Georgia campus here, sits a little room stuffed with instruments and decorated with Christmas lights, lava lamps, old concert posters and tacked-up 45s.
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