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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    1 month ago

    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