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For very small towns For very small towns the nearest X is probably at least a 4 hour walk away, in the next town over, for many values of X. For large cities
by dagw 8y ago
For very small towns
For very small towns the nearest X is probably at least a 4 hour walk away, in the next town over, for many values of X. For large cities the nearest X is probably a 4 minute walk away for most values of X. The smaller the town the less chance that what you want is within walking distance and the more important it is to have a car.
- pjc50 8y agoAs an example I have personal experience of, for most of the west coast of Scotland the nearest collection of large shops, banks, etc is in Inverness - which is a 2 hour drive or 24 hour walk. Smaller towns have more need of cars than large ones, to get out of the town.
- eherot 8y agoI'd posit that we are going to have a very hard time fighting off climate change if we aren't allowed to do anything to discourage people from driving 40 minutes to a nearby town every time they want to go shopping. The transportation sector is the biggest carbon emitter, and at some point we have to come to terms with the fact that in order to reduce our carbon emissions, we are all going to have to drive a lot less.
- dagw 8y agoThe problem isn't just that people have to drive far to get anywhere, it's also that delivery vehicles have to drive far out of their way to deliver stuff to these places.
- enriquto 8y agoThen you can go there by car. But why would you need to use the car inside the town, once you are there?