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The way I read the article, "live near your friends" means "within 10 minute walk of them", not "20 minute drive". I live 5 minutes walk away from a very close
by tessierashpool 3y ago
The way I read the article, "live near your friends" means "within 10 minute walk of them", not "20 minute drive". I live 5 minutes walk away from a very close friend of mine
apologies for being pedantic, but the article literally starts off with a screenshot of the Live Near Friends app which shows that you're doing it exactly right in their terms, because they're talking about living a 5-minute walk away. likewise, that's the goal of the app:
This August, Levin launched Live Near Friends, a site that helps people live within a five-minute walk of a close friend or family member.
- ryandrake 3y agoA 5 minute walk is only about 500 meters. I don't understand how that's even possible outside of a dense city. I've lived in places where you can't even get to the nearest public road in 500m, let alone to another human being. In a lot of the USA, living within a 5 minute walk of your friends means they are "1 or at most 2 next door neighbors down the street".
- dragonwriter 3y ago> I've lived in places where you can't even get to the nearest public road in 500m 500m is over 0.3 miles. That's certainly possible in rural locations, but its very much not typical of places people live outside of “dense cities”. > In a lot of the USA, living within a 5 minute walk of your friends means they are "1 or at most 2 next door neighbors down the street". This is true in a lot of the USA by geographical area, but not a common experience (exactly because this fact means virtually no one lives there.) Suburbs are typically around 2,000 people per square mile, or about 150 people within a 500m radius.