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

  • HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 months ago

    Same figures for me:

    • Convenience store: 2.7km
    • Supermarket: 2.5km
    • Bus stop: 4.2km (this may be incorrect I think there was a closer one that didn’t show on the map)
    • Park: 6.2km
    • Big Supermarket: 3.5km
    • Library: 6km
    • Train station: 7.9km
    • Hart Plaza(nowhere really analogous to big Ben around me): 46km