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

  • Gingernate@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Phoenix suburbs

    We don’t really have public transportation at all

    Nearest convenience store 1.5 miles

    Nearest chain grocery store 4.2 miles

    Nearest big grocery store (Costco)2.8 miles

    Nearest library 1.9 miles

    Nearest park 0.6 miles(there’s a playground closer but it’s tiny)

    Straight line to big Ben 5285 miles