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Lots of variables here including why I'm travelling and whether the trip itself is enjoyable.
Generally though, I'd say In the city, probably 30 min on foot or 15 min otherwise. In the sticks, if you can make it back before the next mealtime you're still "close".
To me in the sticks 30 mins is close anything less is down the road.
Depends on the location really, Texas, couple hours, Rhode Island, 5 minutes.
Yeah, Utah was 1 mile = 1 minute (driving), basically. It's BIG, everything is far. D.C. was more like .25 miles = 1 minute, because everything is so densely packed there, traffic, etc.
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If I understand it right, at warp factor 3 you're beyond the orbit of Pluto in about 12 minutes. Whether that's near or far depends on your perspective.
18-20. Otherwise, it's only 15 minutes away.
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That's what I said! Fifteen minutes isn't far. But it's no longer close.
12-15 minutes depending on traffic.
15 minutes on clear roads can seem further away than 12 minutes of roads with traffic.
More than a couple, less than a bunch
I don't drive so it has more to do with the quality and reliability of transit going to a place than how many traveling minutes it is. Taking a train cross region feels faster than taking a bus cross town even if they take the same time because the train is more frequent, much more reliable, and generally has a lower mental barrier and therefore lower perceived distance.
Transfers also add significant perceived distance even if they don't add much actual travel time, because it's more annoying than just sitting or standing there. The timing of your next bus is also another thing that can go wrong and significantly delay your trip. I often find myself choosing physically longer routes that have fewer transfers.
Generally, if I'm near the train system, everywhere on the current line is "close" because it's a one seat ride away on the highest quality transit mode. If not, I'd say 10 stops in either direction on the bus lines that directly serve the street I'm on is similarly "close." Relatively, I consider one train stop to have the same "closeness" as two or three bus stops regardless of distance, but only because I would just walk if it was one or two bus stops away.
Also, because I'm walking for my last mile transport, everything feels significantly closer when the weather is favourable. Rain adds some distance but I live in Vancouver so I've mostly stopped caring. If it snows though, everything outside my house isn't "close" anymore because of the gauntlet of death Vancouver streets turn into when snow or ice is involved.
I feel like the speed of the conveyance matters a lot. One minute of travel at walking speed is still a 3 wood away. You could converse by shouting with someone at the origin. One minute by train puts you out of earshot and golf ball range.
We should definitely be measuring distances with golf clubs
It's all relative. I live in Denver and don't think the Nebraska border (almost 3 hours away) is particularly close. But when I drove home from Minneapolis a few days ago, I was thrilled to be in the home stretch
This reminds me of a saying I heard. In America a hundred years is old. In Europe a hundred miles is far.
About twelve.
There is some research into the concept of travel time percetion. Subjectively, for me, no more than 15 minutes is 'close' for me. 15 minutes feels like it's not too bad of a time regardless of method, distance covered, etc. I suspect it's because I have a sense of 15 minutes being the smallest usable amount of time. Less than 15 and it feels like there's little I could use that time for that isn't just scrolling something on my phone.