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Phrase
| A place is in a location which takes a certain amount of time to get to. | ~ is (in) a place where it takes ~ to get to |
(ks). 私のうちは駅から歩いて十分のところだ・です。
My house is in a place where it takes ten minutes to get to from the station on foot./ On foot my house is ten minutes from the station.
(a). 学校はうちからバスで三十分のところです。
My school is in a place where it takes thirty minutes to get to from home by bus./ By bus it takes thirty minutes to get from home to school.
(b). その病院はここから車で十五分のところだ。
The hospital is in a place where it takes fifteen minutes to get to from here by car./ By car the hospital is fifteen minutes from here.
ところだ is a simplified form of ところにある 'be located in a (where).' This expression can be simplified even more, as seen in (1).