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MILES
MILES
5
10
15
20
25
MCDONALD’S 3 MILES (75% OF AMERICANS)
YMCA 5 MILES (80% OF AMERICANS)
WALGREENS 5 MILES (75% OF AMERICANS)
GUN DEALER 10 MILES (98% OF AMERICANS)
POLLUTED WATER 10 MILES (60% OF AMERICANS)
STARBUCKS 20 MILES (80% OF AMERICANS)
MOM 30 MILES (71% OF MARRIED AMERICANS)
71% of married Americans live within 30 miles of their mother or mother-in-law
COMMUNITY COLLEGE 25 MILES (75% OF AMERICANS)
MINUTES
MINUTES
10
20
30
40
50
REDBOX KIOSK 5 MINUTES (68% OF AMERICANS)
BEST BUY 15 MINUTES (70% OF AMERICANS)
EMERGENCY CARE 30 MINUTES (71% OF AMERICANS)
SMALL AIRPORT 30 MINUTES (98% OF AMERICANS)
WORK 30 MINUTES (75% OF AMERICANS)
BODY OF WATER 60 MINUTES (90% OF AMERICANS)
NATIONAL PARK 60 MINUTES (75% OF AMERICANS)
SOURCES: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN RETIREMENT RESEARCH CENTER; EVERYTOWN.ORG; ECONOMIST; JAMES R.A. DAVENPORT; NEW YORK TIMES; NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS; INNOSIGHT; ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; REDBOX; FREE FLIGHT: FROM AIRLINE HELL TO A NEW AGE OF TRAVEL, BY JAMES FALLOWS; BEST BUY; U.S. CENSUS; NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
This appears in the September 08, 2014 issue of TIME.
