I lived in a place that was about 5 miles outside of town if you took a main road, and 6-8 miles if you took the country route. Of course, taking the main road

I lived in a place that was about 5 miles outside of town if you took a main road, and 6-8 miles if you took the country route. Of course, taking the main road by foot or bicycle would get you stopped by the police telling you to not do that on that road. It was for cars, not pedestrians.