Quick survey for those in the US - please help me test out an interesting theory

[donalducky]

1. Less than 2 miles
2. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma

 

[katesorad]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?

About 1/4 mile from a bird's eye view. But driving or walking, it's a little over a mile.

2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)

California.


3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?

California.

 

[rascalmom]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house? 1.5 Miles
2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in) Oklahoma
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life? Oklahoma

 

[mamacatnv]

My DD read/heard something rather interesting and I though the DIS would be a great place to test it out. Please answer the following questions WITHOUT reading any of the responses first. This is the one time it is a GOOD thing to poast before reading all the replies. Once enough people have replied, I'll come back with the hypothesis and whether or not it seems to have proven correct:

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?

Thanks!

1. 6 miles
2. Nevada
3. California

 

[rascalmom]

Carly, you are close. The theory is that people from the south respond in minutes, while northerners respond in miles. We really need more responses from Southerners! Also, I thought it was interesting one poster responded both ways. BTW, I am from the south and always refer to distances in terms of time even if I have to qualify it (ie - 30 minutes with no traffic 45 minutes during rush hour).

I consider myself from the south (Oklahoma), but responded in miles. I think because the question was about a place so very close (in my case, 1.5 miles). If you'd asked me how far it was to my mother's house - I would have said 30 minutes.

But since the grocery store is so close - those two whopping traffic lights can vary the trip from 2 to 8 minutes.

 

[pixiewings71]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house? about 5 minutes

2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in) I live in CA, for the exact location see my location

3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life? Where I am now but I didn't always live here

 

[princessmom29]

1- How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
about 4 miles

2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
Alabama
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?
Alabama

 

[AlternateEgo]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?

10 Miles

Illinois

Illinois

 

[natenapril]

My DD read/heard something rather interesting and I though the DIS would be a great place to test it out. Please answer the following questions WITHOUT reading any of the responses first. This is the one time it is a GOOD thing to poast before reading all the replies. Once enough people have replied, I'll come back with the hypothesis and whether or not it seems to have proven correct:

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?

Thanks!

1. 3 blocks
2. Alaska
3. Ohio

 

[Clio]

I live in Northeast Ohio.
There are two grocery stores within a half mile of my house.
Liz

 

[Breezy_Carol]

1. 6 miles that take about 20 minutes
2. Maryland (a rural county now)
3. Maryland

I will have to go look for the theory.

ETA - I was going to say 20 minutes but saw everyone else responding in miles so I did as well but added the minutes because that is what I would have said. We are south of the Mason Dixon line.

 

[princessmom29]

Carly, you are close. The theory is that people from the south respond in minutes, while northerners respond in miles. We really need more responses from Southerners! Also, I thought it was interesting one poster responded both ways. BTW, I am from the south and always refer to distances in terms of time even if I have to qualify it (ie - 30 minutes with no traffic 45 minutes during rush hour).

That is interesting. I responded in miles becuase we live way out of town, where there is no traffic. In town with traffic I respond in minutes because that is much more helpful. So, my hairdresser is 45 min away, but only about 10 miles. out where we live 3 miles would be aboiut a 5 min trip, so time isn't as significant.

 

[EeyoreEma]

About 20 miles away. And in the southeast.

 

[palavra]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
Under 1 mile. We can walk there.

2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
Georgia

3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?
Southeast

 

[gina2000]

1. 1/4 mile...maybe less
2. NJ
3. NJ

 

[MariDisney]

Carly, you are close. The theory is that people from the south respond in minutes, while northerners respond in miles. We really need more responses from Southerners! Also, I thought it was interesting one poster responded both ways. BTW, I am from the south and always refer to distances in terms of time even if I have to qualify it (ie - 30 minutes with no traffic 45 minutes during rush hour).

Interesting. I'm from PA and have lived here all my life. People around here generally respond in minutes and I do too. But, for my answer here, thinking that you literally wanted a distance I gave miles. If I were speaking to you in person I would have said "Oh, it's only 5 minutes from here". If you asked me how far I lived from my parents I'd say 2 1/2 hours.

 

[Liberty Belle]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
I'd say about 1 mile.

2 - What state do lyou live in (if you are not comfortable posting this information, you can just give the part of the county you live in)
Kentucky

3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?

Kentucky, but I was born and raised in Michigan.

 

[palavra]

Carly, you are close. The theory is that people from the south respond in minutes, while northerners respond in miles. We really need more responses from Southerners! Also, I thought it was interesting one poster responded both ways. BTW, I am from the south and always refer to distances in terms of time even if I have to qualify it (ie - 30 minutes with no traffic 45 minutes during rush hour).

Didn't work for me. I almost always use miles/distance. But then, I've lived in large cities outside the U.S. as well as the Southeast.

 

[kirbydog48]

The closest grocery store is 5 minutes from my house. I live in Massachusetts, have lived here my whole life.

 

[MiniGirl]

1. just over a mile (1.1 to be exact)
2. Florida
3. I've lived in 3 different states in the south for the majority of my life with a short stint in NYC.