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Old 09-09-2012, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Interested in seeing how the different areas compare. Please post the distances to the closest location of following for where you live. Mine are below.

Area type - suburban (Los Angeles)
Grocery store - 200 yards
Drug store - 1 mile
Convenience/liquor store - 0.6 miles
Movie theater - 6 miles
Shopping mall - 2 miles
Bar - 0.5 miles
Restaurant - 200 yards
High school - 1.2 miles

And if you're up to it, what are the distances to the second closest locations for each location type? The distances for most of mine are the same.

Grocery store - 1 mile
Drug store - 2 miles
Convenience/liquor store - 0.7 miles
Movie theater - 6 miles
Shopping mall - 6 miles
Bar - 0.5 miles
Restaurant - 200 yards
High school - 1.6 miles
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Old 09-09-2012, 04:52 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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Area type - urban (Saint Paul)
Grocery store - 500 yards
Drug store - 1 mile
Convenience/liquor store - 1 miles
Movie theater - 2 miles
Shopping mall - 2 miles
Bar - 100 yards
Restaurant - 0.5 miles
High school - 1.4 miles

what are the distances to the second closest locations for each location type?

Grocery store - 0.5 miles
Drug store - 1.6 miles
Convenience/liquor store - 1.5 miles
Movie theater - 4 miles
Shopping mall - 6 miles
Bar - 1 mile
Restaurant - 1 mile
High school - 3 miles
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Old 09-09-2012, 05:00 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Area type - Small farming town (Population around 1200) - Scottville, MI These are distances from my driveway to each.
Grocery store - .7 miles
Drug store - 4.5 miles
Convenience/liquor store - .25 miles
Movie theater - 4.3 miles
Shopping mall - 70 miles
Bar - .4 miles
Restaurant - .25 miles
High school - 25 yards to the door from the back yard property line.

And if you're up to it, what are the distances to the second closest locations for each location type? The distances for most of mine are the same.

Grocery store - 3.2 miles
Drug store - 5 miles
Convenience/liquor store - .25 miles
Movie theater - 40 miles
Shopping mall - 75 miles
Bar - .4 miles
Restaurant - .4 miles
High school - 3.2 miles
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Old 09-09-2012, 05:19 PM
 
Location: MO
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Area Type - Rural - Cape Girardeau County, MO

Grocery Store - 14 miles
Drug Store - 15 miles
Convenience/liquor store - 7 miles
Movie Theater - 15 miles
Shopping Mall - 18 miles
Bar - 14 miles
Restaurant - 11 miles
High School - 13 miles

The only 2nd closest that is significantly different than the first closest would be the convenience store, and the 2nd closest would be about 11 miles.
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Old 09-09-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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So far despite the differences, the distances to the closest of the activities listed aren't all that different. I suspect that will continue to a large extent.
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Old 09-09-2012, 08:45 PM
 
Location: A Yankee in northeast TN
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Small city/50k

Grocery store - 1 mi
Drug store - 0.5 mile
Convenience/liquor store - 0.5 miles
Movie theater- 5.0 miles
Shopping mall - 3.0 miles
Bar - 0.5 miles
Restaurant - 0.5 mi
High school - 1 mi
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Old 09-09-2012, 09:13 PM
 
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Area type - urban (North side Chicago)

Grocery store - .4 miles
Drug store - .3 miles
Convenience/liquor store - .1 mile
Movie theater - 2 miles
Shopping mall - 7 miles
Bar - .1 mile
Restaurant - .1 mile
High school - 1 mile

what are the distances to the second closest locations for each location type?

Grocery store - .4 miles
Drug store - .4
Convenience/liquor store - .3 miles
Movie theater - 2.4 miles
Shopping mall - 7 miles
Bar - .1 miles
Restaurant - .1 miles
High school - 1 mile
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Old 09-10-2012, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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Area - suburban (Detroit, literally city limits)

Grocery store - 1.1 miles
Drug store - 0.6 miles
Convenience/liquor store - 0.3 miles
Movie theater - 3.7 miles (the closest one closed and is now a community college, it was 0.9 miles)
Shopping mall - 1.1 miles
Bar - 0.7 miles
Restaurant - 0.7 miles
High school - 1.2 miles

2nd closest

Grocery store - 2 miles
Drug store - 1.4 miles
Convenience/liquor store - 0.4 miles
Movie theater - 7 miles
Shopping mall - 7 miles
Bar - 1.3 miles
Restaurant - 1 mile
High school - 2.6 miles

Can I through in a random one?

Closest access to a freeway - 2 miles.
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Old 09-10-2012, 05:54 AM
 
Location: Weymouth, The South
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Area - Large Village (Population ~4,000) South of England

Grocery store - 0.7 miles
Drug store - 410 feet
Convenience/liquor store - 164 feet
Movie theater - 5.6 miles
Shopping mall - 15.1 miles
Bar - 0.2 miles (pub)
Restaurant - 0.2 miles
High school - 5.1 miles

That's all for the meantime.
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Area type - small city / 30k

Grocery store - .6 miles
Drug store - .4 miles
Convenience/liquor store - .2 mile
Movie theater - 5 miles
Shopping mall - 5 miles
Bar - .3 mile
Restaurant - .3 mile
High school - 1.5 miles
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