How far is a Block?

mad m · 31-03-2005 12:25am #1

Just wondering how far is a block in miles.You know when the Americans say its a couple blocks down the road?

Matthewthebig · 31-03-2005 12:26am

20 blocks = 1 mile

Lump · 31-03-2005 12:29am

Isn't 1 Block the distance from one street junction to the next street junction.... Never knew there was actually a distance.

John

Esel · 31-03-2005 12:30am

Eight blocks to one mile, IIRC.

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Just googled - can be anything from 1/8 mile to 1/20 mile, depending on city.

Matthewthebig · 31-03-2005 12:30am

According to my New Yorkian cousin that is true but only for streets and not avenues.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 31-03-2005 12:31am

Yeah and how far is a 'click'?

Isn't 1 Block the distance from one street junction to the next street junction.... Never knew there was actually a distance.

Same here, I can't imagine there being a standard block length, but then nothing the yanks do surprise me anymore.

RobertFoster · 31-03-2005 12:32am

"The distance from one crossing street to another." I think it varies depending on the city...

Gordon · 31-03-2005 12:34am

What Lump said methinks.

A click is a Kilometer afaiu.

mad m · 31-03-2005 12:35am

I just put miles in myself thinking there was a set distance to a block.Just checking out hotels in Anaheim in california,and hotel I was looking at said it was a block from Disneyland.

Read a review on hotel and some said you would not walk the distance from hotel to Disneyland.Now i wonder was it a lard arse writting that review,plenty of them over there

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Guy:Incognito · 31-03-2005 12:36am

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Yeah and how far is a 'click'?

Is that not just army speak fo a km?

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 31-03-2005 12:38am

Stekelly wrote:

Is that not just army speak fo a km?

That's what I'd thought aswell, but I remember hearing a different explanation of it before which wasn't related to the metric system at all.

dawballz · 31-03-2005 1:46am

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Yeah and how far is a 'click'?

I thought a click was just like a tool that clicks when its moved or something?

Lump · 31-03-2005 1:51am

No, a click is a Kilometre.

John

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 31-03-2005 3:11am

Lump wrote:

No, a click is a Kilometre.

Are you sure?

RobertFoster · 31-03-2005 8:18am

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Are you sure?

Yes.

Saruman · 31-03-2005 8:23am

A block is definatly the distance between streets.. fairly obvious as we use the same term here!!

Having spent time in the US and my wife being from there i know it depends on the city of course! A block in chicago for instance is similar to Dublin as downtown Chicago is a similar if not smaller size to Dublin city centre. Las Vegas which is more spread out and flat has larger blocks. If you look at most modern US cities, chicago especially they are in a grid system so literally you have hundreds of BLOCKS with roads in between them.

Imposter · 31-03-2005 8:27am

The irish version of a block is "just around the corner" - can be anything from 100m to 100km

[Jackass] · 31-03-2005 9:22am

How long is a piece of string?

Lump · 31-03-2005 10:16am

Twice half it's length.

John

Megatron · 31-03-2005 10:17am

DubGuy22 wrote:

How long is a piece of string?

double the lenght from the center to 1 end.

[Jackass] · 31-03-2005 10:59am

How deep is a hole?

How far is a Block?

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