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

  • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    I live in a semi rural area. My closest grocery store is 10km, but it’s down the interstate, meaning even if I wanted to walk it, I couldn’t. Without using the interstate it’s about 15km.

    My closest convenience store is only 7km, but the road i live on is not safe for walking (lots of blind curves, no sidewalks)

    My nearest bus stop is 60 kilometers away, in my nearest city.

    Nearest library is about 4 km past the convenience store, so 11ish klicks

    Nearest train station is give or take 300 kilometers. We don’t really have any train service here.

    Straight line distance from me to big Ben, give or take 6,500 kilometers