When someone asks how far away a place is, do you answer in time or distance?

[ariadneR]

[DishLady]

Lol. This reminds me of a couple of people I know...

• Someone will say, "Go North" and she'll answer, "Which is North?" (Um... the sign will say "NORTH" and Street numbers will increase.)
• Someone will ask, "Which way"/"How far" and my very elderly aunt will say "Keep going, go, go, go... here! turn here! go go turn turn! ooooh you MISSED it." This is particularly funny for us when son the cop was driving. (It's about to be the anniv of her passing... but this memory of her always makes me smile. She was a little cray.)
• I personally answer "ETA" because I check traffic.

[RandomGirl42]

"It'll take you about a beer to get there." I have actually heard that said in these parts. 🤣 And I usually use a time reference. Like the nearest town to us with a walmart is "'Bout an hour away."

[Lliam]

I usually answer with time because I don't always know the actual distance. Also, time is the most helpful because saying something is 20 miles away can be deceiving if it takes 45 minutes to get there in traffic.
Personally, I would rather know if something takes 5 or 25 minutes than how far it is.

But I often give both the distance and the time.

[Tarifa]

I'm inclined to answer in terms of time. Depends on their means of transport. Certainly time when they're walking towards their destination. Same with public transport by train if I know the destination. I might answer in km if they travel by car.

[exitseven]

If it is a long distance I some times describe it as how many hours away it is.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It depends. Like if they're not from the area and they're asking about going somewhere by car then time.

If walking, distance.

The context matters a lot.

[nolabels]

It depends upon the person with whom I'm speaking, and the context of the discussion.

It could as easily be one or the other.

Cheers!

[Agape93]

Depends. Usually time because people can't tell distance for shit

[NathanDavis]

if within a walking distance... I go with distance

for things that are far away, I usually go with time

[AMS700CX4u2]

Too autistic to answer using only one scale, I use both. Distance and Time although not as the crow flies.

[Kaneki05]

Time? Unless I don't know it. I don't know why one would answer in distance cause how is that helpful?

[AviatorTom]

If it's reasonably close, I typically give distance and time. If it's far away, I give distance, and maybe time if they ask

[DryGermanGuy]

The distance, unless it's only minutes by foot away.

[queenofcardio]

I answer in time. It will take you 15mins to get there.

[CriminallyInsane]

Time usually unless it's the other side of the country

[Screenwriter]

Distance. People can figure out time according to speed limits.

[Nikki1989]

Usually in time. People are clueless over distances.

[Simslover92]

Time more often than not. It's very rare I will use distance.

[slatyb]

Often both -- it's 12 miles, about 30 minutes by car outside rush hour.

[lilBigPotato]

Can be either... Whatever comes first to my mind.

[AngryCarl3]

If it takes under half an hour I'd probably answer in time. If it's in another town, I'll approximate the distance in miles.

[msc545]

Answer in time. I live in Los Angeles. Nobody here answers in distance because nobody knows the distance from one place to another, but we sure do know the time.

[LiamJHayden]

If in SoCal, usually both. 60 miles to Vista and 60 miles through DTLA are two different beasts.

[loveslongnails]

That depends on the place they're asking about.

[whosnumber_1]

Ha! That's a good question. I guess I usually answer I'm time!

[Jeff51]

Sometimes both. From San diego to la its 2.5 hrs

[Dinaxl]

I say innum konjam thooram meaning just a bit away

[spartan55]

Whichever I know better.

[Unycorn]

Time. Thats more important than kilometers to me.

[thegreenyogi]

I usually answer in time it's easier.

[WhitneySnow]

Distance usually

[KostasKouvalis]

I'm American, so usually in time

[Kelly6]

@ariadneR Mostly in time

[jahaims]

Depends on the context

[Likes2drive]

Distance usually

[AgentG111]

Depends on what location they are asking

[ABC1x1x]

Time. It's all that matters.

[FreyaRed]

Distance.

[katiesmuff]

Actually both

[On_cloud_wine]

Time…

[LadyBecks]

I answer in time

[jazzy34]

Time.

[Iron_Man]

Both

[Jerre]

Usually both

[CubaPirate]

Distance

[Wailee]

Time