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It seems strange that the article assumes that the country someone currently lives in is relevant. I'm British but I've been to places like the US, Scandinavia

by throwaway22032 3y ago

It seems strange that the article assumes that the country someone currently lives in is relevant. I'm British but I've been to places like the US, Scandinavia, Russia etc that have huge open expanses. Never more than 10m away from someone else is obviously just wrong. That's less than following distance on a motorway.

pavel_lishin 3y ago
> Never more than 10m away from someone else is obviously just wrong. That's less than following distance on a motorway. If you live your entire life in a high-density city, you may never have been on a motorway.
- yakubin 3y ago
  But you probably visited a forest/a national park/swam in a sea/a lake etc. I think it’s rather unlikely for someone to live till 20 without making more distance.
  - ComputerGuru 3y ago
    Your take is valid though /somewhat/ biased towards the first-world experience. The scenario you dismiss is, for example, actually rather likely for someone living in Dhaka – and that's not to use an extreme "open air prison" example like Gaza where 2 million people are confined to 140 sq miles (365 sq km) without benefit of national parks and with an extremely small fishing zone. (Although I think one can still do better than being literally within 10m of an individual at all times, which is a bit extreme.)
    - ta1243 3y ago
      Certainly I've been to Gaza a couple of times and I've been more than 10m from someone just when I walked down to the beach from the hotel. 100m is probably a bit more of a challenge without deliberately doing it, but I've only been there for a handful of days to a handful of locations, not 20 years. I suspect you could probably do 250m at the right time of day/night at a few places though.
  - blueflow 3y ago
    > I think it’s rather unlikely for someone to live till 20 without making more distance. poverty.
  - throwaway22032 3y ago
    10m is completely ludicrous. I got on the London Underground yesterday and there was noone in my carriage. The carriages are easily 10 metres long. Or just like, go to any park anywhere.
KolmogorovComp 3y ago
> like the US, Scandinavia, Russia etc that have huge open expanses. But most people living/visiting these open spaces are traveling with their family/friends, not alone.

pavel_lishin 3y ago

> Never more than 10m away from someone else is obviously just wrong. That's less than following distance on a motorway. If you live your entire life in a high-density city, you may never have been on a motorway.

yakubin 3y ago
But you probably visited a forest/a national park/swam in a sea/a lake etc. I think it’s rather unlikely for someone to live till 20 without making more distance.
- ComputerGuru 3y ago
  Your take is valid though /somewhat/ biased towards the first-world experience. The scenario you dismiss is, for example, actually rather likely for someone living in Dhaka – and that's not to use an extreme "open air prison" example like Gaza where 2 million people are confined to 140 sq miles (365 sq km) without benefit of national parks and with an extremely small fishing zone. (Although I think one can still do better than being literally within 10m of an individual at all times, which is a bit extreme.)
  - ta1243 3y ago
    Certainly I've been to Gaza a couple of times and I've been more than 10m from someone just when I walked down to the beach from the hotel. 100m is probably a bit more of a challenge without deliberately doing it, but I've only been there for a handful of days to a handful of locations, not 20 years. I suspect you could probably do 250m at the right time of day/night at a few places though.
- blueflow 3y ago
  > I think it’s rather unlikely for someone to live till 20 without making more distance. poverty.
- throwaway22032 3y ago
  10m is completely ludicrous. I got on the London Underground yesterday and there was noone in my carriage. The carriages are easily 10 metres long. Or just like, go to any park anywhere.

KolmogorovComp 3y ago

> like the US, Scandinavia, Russia etc that have huge open expanses. But most people living/visiting these open spaces are traveling with their family/friends, not alone.