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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.
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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.