> It's always funny to ask how far away someone lives and they answer "it depends". I hadn’t noticed that before but I probably will now. That does seem to be

> It's always funny to ask how far away someone lives and they answer "it depends". I hadn’t noticed that before but I probably will now. That does seem to be a US thing. Often a person will respond in units of distance and time, one after the other. It does make sense given the effect that traffic conditions in a city can have on the travel time but “how far?” “it depends” is really funny. > I imagine that they live close to an orbiting massive object which curves the space. My thought was their home is some kind of moving fortress. A city on the back of a turtle wandering along the coast.