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To Americans: How far apart is everything in the US? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've heard the legends of having to drive to literally everywhere (e.g. drive thru banks), but I have no clue how far apart things are.

I live in suburban London where you can get to a big supermarket in 10 minutes of walking, a train station in 20 minutes and convenience stores are everywhere. You can get anywhere with bus and train in a few hours.

Can someone help a clueless British lemmyposter know how far things are in the US?

EDIT

Here are my walking distances:

To the nearest convenience store: 250m
To the nearest chain supermarket: 350m
To the bus stop: 310m
To the nearest park: 400m
To the nearest big supermarket: 1.3km
To the nearest library: 1.2km
To the nearest train station: 1km

Straight-line distance to Big Ben: 16km

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Just for fun, I decided to check my distances against yours

Here are my walking distances:

To the nearest convenience store: 1.13km
To the nearest chain supermarket: 2.74km
To the bus stop: 33.8km
To the nearest park: 2.41km
To the nearest *big* supermarket: 17.7km
To the nearest library: 2.41km
To the nearest train station: 24.14km
Straight-line distance to Nashville’s “The Batman Building” (closest approximation to a large unique cityscape building): 67.76km

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

- To the bus stop: 33.8km

Is that a typo, or can you just randomly stand at the side of the road and flag down a bus so you don’t need as many formal bus stops?

Because that’s wild.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not a typo. There are no buses unless you go to one of the neighboring cities. I live too far from anywhere that has buses. You either have to walk, or… you can drive! Like everybody else in the US without access to any sort of public transportation remotely close to their home…

Edit: Here’s my nearest walking directions to a large supermarket

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