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It just depends on your perspective. Honestly, Americans are probably more tolerant and accepting of long distances compared to most peer countries. 45 minutes
by TulliusCicero 2y ago
It just depends on your perspective.
Honestly, Americans are probably more tolerant and accepting of long distances compared to most peer countries. 45 minutes of driving to hit some kind of city is very far most of the time in Japan or most of Europe, where the population density is higher than the states.
- froh 2y agothat again depends on where you are in Europe... in most of Germany you're right. large parts of Norway Sweden Finland? not so much...
- apelapan 2y agoIt is probably true that in a majority of those land areas (Finland, Sweden, Norway) you are more than 45 minutes of driving from the next proper city. However, the proportion of people who live like that is not very high. People mostly live where other people live.
- bawolff 2y agoNorthern canada on the other hand is a very different story.
- jrmg 2y agoGrowing up in the UK, 45 minutes was about the ‘if we’re going there in the evening we’re going to need to get a hotel’ boundary. Now I live in the US it’s a short drive. It’s amazing how perspective changes. If you haven’t experienced it I suspect it’s impossible to understand, because this feels crazy to write. It’s true though.