How far do you live from your city's downtown?

HX_Guy · #1 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 4:29 PM**

I know there are a lot of urban and skyscraper fans on here and it got me to thinking about myself...even though I love the urban feel and tall buildings, I'm not doing much supporting with where I live...

Our of curiosity, I went to maps.google.com and plugged in my current address then used 1 W. Washington St, Phoenix, AZ as the center of downtown and came up with 27.0 miles from the city's core.

How far is everyone else?

HooverDam · #2 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 4:42 PM**

Google Maps says I am exactly 1.0 miles from 1 W Washington, Phoenix, AZ.

PHX31 · #3 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 4:53 PM**

According to Google Earth, from my house to the precise center of downtown (1 W Wash), I'm 2.4 miles.

I can see the Qwest building and other midtown buildings from inside my house, and if I go out in the backyard, I can look downtown and see the cranes and Chase Building, etc.

nobody · #4 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 4:56 PM**

If you consider Capitol and Main (just a random guess) as the core of Boise I live 1.5 miles from it, but that's because of funky streets. It'd be less than a mile if I could draw a straight line.

PHX_PD · #5 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 4:56 PM**

Exactly 9.7 miles driving, but only 7 miles if I could fly.

CANUC · #6 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:01 PM**

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with 27.0 miles from the city's core.

Damn, I thought I lived far from the core. My Google estimate is 12 miles.

PHX602 · #7 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:01 PM**

3.0 miles from 1 W. Washington St.

alphawolf · #8 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:04 PM**

five and a half blocks from the capital. in other words, less than a mile.

Front_Range_Guy · #9 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:07 PM**

Using 1 S. Nevada Ave. as the downtown address, I came up with 9.4 miles.

wrendog · #10 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:08 PM**

I am 30.5 miles from Downtown SLC and 17.4 miles to downtown Provo.

Sawtooth · #11 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:15 PM**

I am 12 very walkable or bikeable blocks from downtown. When the leaves have fallen from the trees I can see the Capitol and the tops of some of the towers from my front yard. I consider the Northend an extension of downtown.

arkhitektor · #12 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:15 PM**

I live 28.4 Miles from Salt Lake and 10.8 from downtown Ogden.

I'm within walking distance of downtown Clearfield if that's worth anything :-)

blm3034L!fe · #13 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:27 PM**

I live just under 14 miles from Speer and Colfax in downtown Denver, estimated 20min travel time all freeway. I live on 123rd in Westmister by I-25 crazy stuff, when I lived in Aurora we were 18 Miles East of downtown Denver, now that we live up here though I swear it feels further out than Aurora did. Strange?

jedikermit · #14 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:33 PM**

14.4 miles from Downtown Salt Lake City

Giovoni · #15 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 5:47 PM**

I'm 1.5 miles from the slightly taller portion of the tumor like blob that is Orlando.

i-215 · #16 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 6:00 PM**

From my old place in Magna I was 13 minutes from downtown (14.1 mi from parking space to parking space) without traffic.

From my new place in Provo, I'm 45 minutes (43.9 miles) from downtown without traffic. (Although, about 5-7 mins from downtown Provo)

FrancoRey · #17 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 6:06 PM**

Too far.

Being that I am in Boulder, I am guessing I am roughly 27 miles from Downtown Denver.

combusean · #18 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 6:10 PM**

I use the Downtown Core's NW corner on 3rd ave and fillmore... making me 873 feet away... or about .7 miles from Central and Washington

SLCforme · #19 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 6:11 PM**

According to googlemaps I'm 3.4 miles from DT SLC or about 10 min.

Cirrus · #20 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 6:48 PM**

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Being that I am in Boulder, I am guessing I am roughly 27 miles from Downtown Denver.

How far are you from downtown Boulder? Downtown Boulder counts.

Anyway...

I'm about 4 miles from the White House and about 3 from downtown's west end. My neighborhood is similar to what Denver's Central Platte Valley will be after it's built.