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

  • tburkhol@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Wow. I thought I lived in a pretty walkable part of Atlanta. I really only use my car for the grocery or a ‘big’ shopping trip.

    • Convenience store 2 km
    • Chain supermarket 1.5 km
    • Bus stop 1.3 km
    • Park 300m
    • Big supermarket 2.5 km
    • Library 2.7 km
    • Train (subway) station 1.3 km
    • Downtown Atlanta 13 km
    • dch82@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      And I don’t even live anywhere the centre: I live in one of the only London boroughs without an Underground station, that borders no man’s land the outside of London