8 posts
Ahmedabad's old city and its western half sit either side of the Sabarmati, about 10 km apart. What each distance filter covers — from the city where strangerly is built.
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In Bangalore distance and travel time have come apart almost completely. Here is what a 10 km or 50 km radius actually gets you, and why the city's language mix makes nearby matching unusual.
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Chennai is unusually monolingual for an Indian metro, which makes a distance filter behave differently here than in Bangalore or Hyderabad. What 10 km and 50 km actually cover.
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Delhi NCR is four cities that touch. A 10 km radius almost never crosses between them, and 50 km covers nearly all of them — which makes the choice of radius unusually consequential here.
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Hyderabad's old city and its tech corridor sit about 20 km apart, which puts them on opposite sides of a 10 km radius. What that means for distance filters, and for which language you end up speaking.
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Kolkata is dense enough that 10 km contains more people than a 50 km radius does in most Indian cities. Why the smaller filter is usually the better choice here.
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Mumbai is 60 km long and about 5 km wide, which makes distance filters behave strangely here. What 'within 10 km' really means depending on where in the city you are.
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Pune sits about 150 km from Mumbai, so neither distance filter crosses between them. What 10 km and 50 km actually cover in a city split between students and IT parks.
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