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

  • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat
    30·
    22 days ago22 days ago

    +4600km to the nearest store is like, lots of walking, maybe more than 1h walk. I sad

    • tryptamine
      50·
      22 days ago

      Yeah, it’s an hour walk one way to that store…

      Where I live owning a car is a requirement :(

      • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat
        10·
        22 days ago

        I moved to Belgium recently, and after 2 months, here i am, buying my first car. Suburbs suck on every contient

    • schmalls
      30·
      22 days ago

      I’m also in rural Oklahoma and it is about 9200m for me to get to the closest store, a Dollar General. So I don’t walk, but I do get to live in a beautiful forest next to a lake and stream.