• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Highway crossing? You think that’s all there is to it?

    You got like a 10 acre parking lot, which to cross just that alone requires walking ~3 acres. Then you got a 2 lane service road, then a 6 lane highway to cross.

    And then there’s no room on the north side of the tracks for a train station, you’d still have to walk across the train tracks as well just to get to the train station.

    Gotta walk over 3 acres of pavement, plus 8 lanes of road, plus railroad tracks, all while toting your groceries? Yeah, ain’t nobody gonna take the train to Walmart around here.

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      3 months ago

      Jesus christ, that sounds dystopian. Also, wdym walk 3 acres? Acres are a measure of area. They’re not even defined as a square.

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        3 months ago

        Yes I know. When I say acre in terms of distance, for one I’m implying a square acre (per side is ~208.71 feet, 63.615 meters), and for two, I’m only estimating anyways.

        Now that I look at the numbers, it’s probably an even longer walk than that, Walmart has a huge parking lot…