Yeah it takes about fifteen to twenty minutes of driving to get into town, depending on where, never mind walking
Back when I worked at the local theme park there was a girl who sometimes walked home. She lived in said town. She mentioned it taking 4-5 hours
First time we saw her (dad picked me up cuz three jobs, two vehicles, I was lowest priority), he called out to her asking if she wanted a ride. She said yes but was very leery about doing what she did until I turned to help clear space in the back seat and my hangtag dangled. Then she was relieved cuz there's a coworker
Gave her a ride (with mom this time) a second time and she was really happy because we caught her in the employee lot so she hadn't started all that walking yet
Both times she had us drop her off at a school nearby but that's a lot less walking for her and saved her a ton of time to use for, say, sleeping instead

I grew up fifteen minutes away from a town that had one traffic light. Where I live now is a sprawling... city? that I do NOT recommend walking in. These drivers are nuts!! You'll be a hood ornament if you're not careful.

Akili Li wrote: ↑Jan 30th, '25, 05:58

AsheSkyler wrote: ↑Jan 30th, '25, 03:57 That's actually pretty cool.

... is that a deliberate pun?

No, but I definitely giggled before I posted it. ^,^

I definitely like walking when I can, too. I chose my current living situation with that in mind, and it's definitely made a huge difference!
Walking 4-5 hours to work... that's 9 hours walking there and back, that's about as much time as you spend working. I'd definitely be looking to create my own job if I couldn't find one closer! Or "contribute to gas-money", ie bribe, a coworker to help carpool in for most of that distance, because yikes!
Well, I guess it depends a little.
If the walk itself is nice (not along highways or something), then maybe I'd use it as sacred quiet time and not mind so much; built in exercise and meditative alone-time. But if it's through a big city or along super fast roads, nope.

Wow a town that only had one traffic light. I can’t even imagine lol.

Iirc it was the ride home that wasn't as reliable for her. But I was retail and she was food service

Hotarla wrote: ↑Jan 31st, '25, 08:14 Wow a town that only had one traffic light. I can’t even imagine lol.

Where I'm from we had none XD

And some islands in Japan build exactly ONE traffic light in the whole island to teach the children what it is.

Wooow that’s hilarious. I’ve lived in a city all my life, they even put a traffic light right outside the townhouses I live in a few decades ago, it use to be just a normal crosswalk for pedestrians and you just had to wait for cars to go by before crossing. Now there’s a light. For a small double lane neighborhood road. Lol. I used to walk this crosswalk road to go to public school and there would be one of those elderly little ladies with stop signs helping you cross the street. XD

Closest town is technically a city by population
Closest actual town has a four way stop intersection. Stop signs. Doesn't even have a crosswalk

I think my city is the seventh city with the most population…in CANADA. lol. XD so yeah big city. Lol

I've lived a number of places, but never in a huge city like that.
What's the average decibel level, with so many people so close together? It must be pretty high, right?