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

  • @Blue_Morpho
    3•7 hours ago

    America is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to America.

    2.2 Km to nearest chemist / convenience store.

    • @SLVRDRGN
      2•6 hours ago

      Found Douglas’ Lemmy account. Hi, Douglas.

    • dch82OP
      3•7 hours ago

      I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s

      Actually, the chemist’s for me is only about 350m away, next to the chain supermarket