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

  • Reyali@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    I’ll just use the same criteria you gave as an example.

    • To the nearest convenience store: 1.5mi (2.6km)
    • To the nearest chain supermarket: 1.8mi (2.9km)
    • To the bus stop: 0.5mi (800m)
    • To the nearest park: 0.3mi (480m) - I’m lucky to have several parks in my neighborhood
    • To the nearest big supermarket: 2.1mi (3.4km)
    • To the nearest library: 2.2mi (3.5km)
    • To the nearest train station: 5.1mi (8.2km)
    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      nearly 3km to convenience store or supermarket… in a city? i get the other comments with similar numbers but they said they’re in the middle of nowhere, in the suburbs and such.

      also i live in such a big city that 300k feels like a small neighborhood.

      • Reyali@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        I was going to call it a “small” city but Google told me that 300k is mid-size so I went with that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        The city is ~350 sq km and our tiny downtown area is probably about 1 sq km, so the entire city is kinda like a suburb. Heck, I’m from Houston which is known for its urban sprawl, and yet there’s lower population density where I live now.