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My own data point: When I was little all my friends were in a radius of 10 minutes walking time. When I grew up but I was still living with my parents that ex
by pmontra 4y ago
My own data point:
When I was little all my friends were in a radius of 10 minutes walking time.
When I grew up but I was still living with my parents that expanded to about one hour walking or public transport, or bicycle, or car for the very few friends I had outside my city.
That didn't change when I moved to my own place. Most of my friends were between 40 and 60 minutes away. The closest ones, within 5 minutes, were new friends I met in places further away.
I live outside a city now and my friends are between 40 to 80 minutes away, by car.
The number of people I meet is about the same, some are new friends some are old ones.
- LeanderK 4y agoI consider everything longer than 15 minutes a lot. 80 minutes away by car is enormous, that's 160 minutes to your friend and back, even 40 minutes is a lot. It just kills spontaneity and increases work. I don't want travel for 40 minutes after an exhausting day, I want to meet a friend in a 5 to 10 minutes time, 20 max, and complain about how stupid my day was while enjoying the last rays of sunshine (at least in the summer...). In 40 minutes I could have already met a friend after 10 minutes and talked 30 minutes and start to head home again!