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>From my perspective of living in rural Victoria; Melbourne Victoria and in a country city such as Rockhampton, Queensland, what one person would define as a "block" would be completely different to what another would. I used to walk from home to the main street whilst living in a country Victorian town - this was exactly 2 blocks or approximately 140 metres. The sizing of the blocks were, however, different throughout the town. This depended on whether there was an alley slicing through one block and not another, which part of town you were in etc. These problems of differing sizes for blocks appear to have been carried throughout the places in Australia I have lived since. Good luck with your investigations as you seem to have a difficult definition problem on your hands. >At 17:06 5/10/98 EDT, you wrote: >>In a message dated 98-10-05 05:32:22 EDT, you write: >> >><< Does anyone know how far a block is? >> >> >>Seems to me it's 8 blocks equals a mile. >> >> > >The recent thread about standardisation of "the block" was brought home to >me when reading an article describing the American Orthopaedic Foot and >Ankle Society's clinical rating systems for the foot and ankle. One of the >indicators they use to rate function is: > >Maximum walking distance, blocks: >6, 4-6, 1-3 and <3. > >Would seem to be a methodological problem if no standard definition >applies. Is a Sydney Australia block equivalent to a Vancouver BC block. >What about those living rurally?? > >Matt McEwan >Physiotherapist %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%