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

  • @Zeek
    6•2 months ago

    To give some comparison, here are my distances. Important to note that I intentionally moved somewhere in my town with walkability in mind.

    To the nearest convenience store: 280m
    To the nearest chain supermarket: 1.7km
    To the bus stop: 260m
    To the nearest park: 240m
    To the nearest big supermarket: 2.4km
    To the nearest library: 1.2km
    To the nearest train station: 85km

    Access to a bus stop doesn’t really matter either as it usually is faster to walk than to wait for the bus to arrive, unless it is long distance in which I would just drive.