What's within a 2 minute walk of your house?

[Odin]

Originally posted by General Ludd

Vegan Cafe

[General Ludd]

Why do you laugh?

[Maquiladora]

- Small park
- Apartments surrounding park
- 5-a-side football stadium, with a pitch made entirely of dust
- ****-load of traffic lights and triple lane roads
- Dominos, Blockbuster, and other shops
- Man with an old bike selling corn (corn+cheese sauce ftw)

[Arrian]

2 minutes? That's not far. That's less than a mile, I'd imagine. More houses, a cemetary, maybe the elementary school. Maybe you could make it to the high school in 2 minutes, but it would be close.

-Arrian

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Arrian
2 minutes? That's not far. That's less than a mile, I'd imagine. More houses, a cemetary, maybe the elementary school. Maybe you could make it to the high school in 2 minutes, but it would be close.

-Arrian

As you say, 2 minutes walk is not far. Most walkers will cover a mile in 15-20 minutes, which makes me think that some people are exaggerating a little on this thread - hence my earlier spoof.

There can be little doubt that this is an honest answer though.

[Aro]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


As you say, 2 minutes walk is not far. Most walkers will cover a mile in 15-20 minutes, which makes me think that some people are exaggerating a little on this thread - hence my earlier spoof.

There can be little doubt that this is an honest answer though.

Originally posted by Aro
Ipanema Beach (actually, it's within 30 sec walk of my house...
Domino's pizza
Many restaurants
Video rental
A drugstore
A bakery
A super market
Copacabana
Lots of pubs
A school
A newspaper store (I know there's a name for this... )

In fact, I was exaggerating… I take my chronometer and did some measurements today. The video store isn’t within the two minutes walk. Make it a 4 min walk. And just two restaurants are in that boundary… Let me see… Oh, I need three minutes to reach Copacabana, and Ipanema Beach is exactly on the limit of the two minutes walk range.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


As you say, 2 minutes walk is not far. Most walkers will cover a mile in 15-20 minutes, which makes me think that some people are exaggerating a little on this thread -

You got me-- I could only get to the softball field and TWO of the soccer fields wihin two minutes. To get to the other 3 soccer fields I would have to cross one of the outside ones and I would have insufficient time to do that in two minutes

But I coukld easily get to the forest or either of the meadows

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


As you say, 2 minutes walk is not far. Most walkers will cover a mile in 15-20 minutes, which makes me think that some people are exaggerating a little on this thread - hence my earlier spoof.

There can be little doubt that this is an honest answer though.

Some slow ass people, to cover a mile in 15 minutes.

[Cort Haus]

You walk faster than 4mph, Colon?

[Krill]

A Pub.

And about 3 houses.

[Arrian]

Isn't walking speed roughly (very roughly) 3-4 miles per hour? 4mph = 15 minutes for a mile.

So 2 minutes would be a bit more than 1/10 of a mile. That rules out both schools, leaving only houses and the cemetary.

Gimme 4 minutes and I could probably get to the schools.

The nearest business is a roughly 10 minute walk (greenhouse/garden center). The nearest business I go to much is Stop & Shop (grocery store), which is more like 15-20 minutes. There are hills involved.

-Arrian

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Arrian
2 minutes? That's not far. That's less than a mile, I'd imagine

Good God, I hope so.

At a brisk walk 2 minutes is about 200m

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


As you say, 2 minutes walk is not far. Most walkers will cover a mile in 15-20 minutes, which makes me think that some people are exaggerating a little on this thread - hence my earlier spoof.

Nope. I used google maps to plot out a rough circle 200 meters in radius.

As a demonstration:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=bar&near=836+s+bond+st+baltimore&ie=UTF8&start=0&z=16&ll=39.281685,-76.595193&spn=0.00681,0.014591&om=1

And there's a whole lot more that aren't shown there.

[Arrian]

Hey, cut me some slack. I was still waking up. Hell, I'm still waking up now. Four day weekends rock, but the first day back is rough

I was thinking about a walking speed of 4mph and my confuzzled brain concluded (w/o really thinking about it, obviously) that this meant 1 mile in 4 minutes.

-Arrian

[Cort Haus]

It's time for some Necrothreadia!!

Apologies for this. I just found a scrap of paper with some notes I scribbed six months ago but never got round to posting.

I went out and measured two minutes brisk walk and wrote down the business within range. There were more than I had expected.


Cafe/Restaurant/Takeaways:

Chinese Takeaway *2
Organic Foodie place
Caribbean *2 (one now being refurbished)
Subway
'Truly Scrumptious' Cafe
Nandos
Chicken Takewaway
Ice-Cream outlet
Pizza Restaurant
Sushi Bar
Domino Pizzas
Marathon - Kebab takeaway plus restaurant
Porchetta - Italian
Belgo - Belgian
Thai Restaurant

Pubs/Bars :

Man in the Moon
Lock Tavern
Enterprise
Bartok
Studio 88 Bar
Belgo Bar

Music Venues:

Roundhouse
Barfly
Enterprise

Shops:

Clothes shop
Betting shop
'Ethnic' musical instruments
Piano shop
24 grocer/off-licence *2
Herbal Remedies
Vintage Clothing
Wine warehouse
News Kiosk
Sainsbury Supermarket
Tile shop
Antiques

Other:

Petrol Station *2 (1 now closed)
Pawnbroker
Sauna/Massage/Ho shop
Betting Shop
Travel Agent
Hairdressers *3
Tyre repair place
Office block
School
Tube Station
Minicab hire
Estate Agent
Hotel
A few bus stops