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

[diznygirl]

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 was going to respond in minutes, but at 25 mph in town and all those darn stop signs it takes almost twenty minutes to go a mile.

 

[nancygirl1]

5 minutes to the grocery store

I live in MA and have always lived there.

 

[cm8]

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!

2 Minutes from my home

SC

All ( military ) lived in almost all the states equal amounts of times

 

[disneyfanintn]

1. 1 mile or less
2. Tennessee
3. Tennessee

 

[portocall]

1. one mile if that far
2. new orleans, LA
3. central florida

 

[GOOFY4DONALD]

This is so interesting. I am the poster that responded in both miles and in minutes. I was born and raised in So Calif so growing up it was always miles (my grandmother house was 15 miles away but it took 45 minutes to get there). Now living in Montana there is not as much traffic and in many areas there are higher speed limits so 15 miles away may take 10 minutes. I guess I kept both worlds with me.

 

[Kycha]

1-15 miles
2-KY
3-PA

 

[bballmom56]

8 miles
NJ
NJ

 

[daughtersrus]

There are 3 grocery stores less than 1 mile from my house. I live in IL (suburb, not city) I have always lived in the suburbs within 25 miles of where we currently live.

 

[disneyjunkie]

5 blocks New York New York

 

[Shmily1]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house? 5 miles2 - 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? Georgia

 

[heymoonkid]

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[jeepgirl30]

1. Grocery store is about 2 miles
2. PA
3. PA

 

[Trixieplus2]

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.The nearest grocery is about 8 miles away.

2.South Carolina

3.South Carolina

 

[MomofKatie]

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?

1- about 1 mile
2- NC
3- Southeast US, lived here for about 2/3 of my life. The rest of the time, lived in the Midwest.

 

[Samandmom]

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. 8 minutes
2. CT
3. CT

 

[Mermaid02]

The nearest grocery store is EXACTLY one mile from my house

Maine

Maine

 

[LindaG4458]

1 - How far is the closest grocery store from your house?
Three miles
2 - What state do you live in?
New Hampshire
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life?
New England

 

[scrapquitler]

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?1/4 mile for the smaller IGA store, 2 1/2 miles to the 'real' grocery stores like Wal-Mart and Stop&Shop and Shop Rite, which are all within 1/4 mile of each other
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)Connecticut
3 - What state or part of the country have you lived in for most of your life? Connecticut

Thanks!

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[ladyhawk14624]

1. 2 miles to the closest grocery store
2. NY
3. NY