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
The big thing to know is that things spread out as you go from East to West.
On the East Coast, New England area, everything is pretty tightly packed. On the West Coast? Not so much.
When I was living in Eugene, Oregon, I had family visit from Sweden, so we asked them what they wanted to do.
“We want to go to Disneyland!”
OK, not saying we CAN’T, but it’s 13 hours in the car assuming no traffic.