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40 miles away from a major city is hardly the "middle of nowhere." That's still within spontaneous day-trip range. My hometown is 88 miles to the nearest real c
by Talanes 5y ago
40 miles away from a major city is hardly the "middle of nowhere." That's still within spontaneous day-trip range. My hometown is 88 miles to the nearest real city, and that city is Fresno. Double that distance at least to get anywhere you actually want to go.
- honkycat 5y agoHour and a half total round trip? Almost certainly more including traffic and navigating the city? Plus having to drive yourself ( or public transit) instead of a cab? How often are you actually making that trip? At that point you aren't participating in the culture of the city. Also you aren't going to school in the city, aren't meeting people at cultural events in the city, etc. Etc.
- ghaff 5y agoI'm not sure what "participating in the culture of the city" means exactly. I live an hour and a bit outside of a major city. I don't go in all the time but I regularly will go in for dinner and a show, to meet people, etc. Not that I would have wanted to do it long-term, but 60+ minute commutes are not exactly rare (and I once had one part-time), so that length of drive hardly rules out going into a city on a weeknight or weekend every 2 or 3 weeks.
- Talanes 5y agoI live in west San Francisco, popping over to the East Bay is an hour and a half round trip for me, so that's not quite a deal-breaking amount of time. That's a magnitude of difference from having to do at least a four hour drive each way.
- fivea 5y ago> 40 miles away from a major city is hardly the "middle of nowhere." That's still within spontaneous day-trip range. I call "40 miles away" a daily commute distance.