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

  • expr@programming.dev
    3·
    2 months ago

    Let’s give it a shot. I live in the suburbs of Lincoln, Nebraska, which is an average-sized college town in the US (about 300k residents):

    • Nearest convenience store: 1.1 miles/1.7km (we often do walk there, takes about 20 minutes)
    • Nearest chain supermarket/big supermarket (they are often one in the same here): Target @ 1.5 miles/2.4km
    • Bus stop: 1.3 miles/2.1km
    • Nearest park: 0.6 miles/965m
    • Nearest public library: 3.5 miles/5.6km
    • Nearest train station: 9.1 miles/14.6km (we don’t really use trains much at all in the US, though)