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You missed the point. In modern times it's expected that you'll travel those 300 miles. In the mid 1700s, no average person would be expected to make that journ

• chongli 3y ago
  Of course an average person didn’t make that journey, but lots of people did. They did build roads all over the place, after all. JS Bach is one famous example of a person who walked hundreds of miles all over Europe to visit people and find work. There were many other (non-famous) people who did the same. Lots of travelling merchants, for example. They may have had draught animals to carry their wares or pull wagons full of goods but they often did the walking on their own feet to move themselves.
  • mcluck 3y ago
    Okay? The point is that 300 miles now is not 300 miles then in terms of hardship. We've shifted that hardship elsewhere, largely by expecting more productivity per hour