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

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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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[–] Dozzi92 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I live in Jersey (New). As a background, I'm at the edge of civilization, I like to joke. If you go west of me, there's farms, what we call mountains, hiking, all that kinda stuff. To the east of me, it gets more and more urban until you get to NYC.

Here are my walking distances:

To the nearest convenience store: half a mile
To the nearest chain supermarket: 1 mile
To the bus stop: half a mile
To the nearest park: quarter mile
To the nearest big supermarket: 1 mile (same as above)
To the nearest library: I am 1 mile from two different libraries, pretty much smack in the middle.
To the nearest train station: 1 mile

Adding:

To the nearest mall: 1 mile
To the nearest gym: quarter mile
To the nearest hospital: 1.1 miles
To the nearest ice cream parlor: .9 miles
To the nearest record store: .9 miles
To the nearest arcade: .9 miles

Straight-line distance to Big Ben: Just shy of 3500 miles. Straight-line distance to the Statue of Liberty: 30 miles

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 3 points 2 months ago

Your location sounds pretty optimal.