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

  • @[email protected]
    9•2 days ago

    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