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Interesting thought. The nearest traffic light to our home is 8.2 miles northwest as the Flow Cries. 
The nearest to the south is 13.8 miles southwest.
Being in the Ozarks, it would be a bit difficult to figure the nearest traffic lights in the 4 main compass point directions. If you went due north, east, west, or south it might be 100 miles in any of the directions.
We do have stop signs in our town, mostly for the side roads to stop before entering onto the east-west state highway that runs along the edge of town. And then a stop sign on that highway when it junctions into a slightly bigger north-south state highway.
Another thing I've bumped into is "perceived time". I live about 10 miles from a well-known department store. At 55 and 60 MPH most of the way, I can get there in less than 15 minutes. My friends in the cities to the southwest live, typically, about 2 miles from another of these department stores, so they think they're better off that way. But if they really time their trip to their store (and not use perceived time) they'll find that it takes about 15 minutes to go that shorter distance. QED
A good friend of mine at my last job (wished he lived in the country like us) used to say that it was better that he lived his 10 miles to work instead of my 26 miles. Until we both objectively timed it for a few days. Guess who was the "speedster". Yep. Most of my 26 miles were 55 MPH, while he was crawling along at 35 or 30. Do the math. Check your watch, not your "idea" of time. Got him thinking, I'll say that. (We still meet for lunch sometimes half way between work and my place.)
The nearest to the south is 13.8 miles southwest.
Being in the Ozarks, it would be a bit difficult to figure the nearest traffic lights in the 4 main compass point directions. If you went due north, east, west, or south it might be 100 miles in any of the directions.
We do have stop signs in our town, mostly for the side roads to stop before entering onto the east-west state highway that runs along the edge of town. And then a stop sign on that highway when it junctions into a slightly bigger north-south state highway.
Another thing I've bumped into is "perceived time". I live about 10 miles from a well-known department store. At 55 and 60 MPH most of the way, I can get there in less than 15 minutes. My friends in the cities to the southwest live, typically, about 2 miles from another of these department stores, so they think they're better off that way. But if they really time their trip to their store (and not use perceived time) they'll find that it takes about 15 minutes to go that shorter distance. QED
A good friend of mine at my last job (wished he lived in the country like us) used to say that it was better that he lived his 10 miles to work instead of my 26 miles. Until we both objectively timed it for a few days. Guess who was the "speedster". Yep. Most of my 26 miles were 55 MPH, while he was crawling along at 35 or 30. Do the math. Check your watch, not your "idea" of time. Got him thinking, I'll say that. (We still meet for lunch sometimes half way between work and my place.)
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