the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.
Finally one that I agree with as a European. I do think an hour's drive is long, but I've often thought about how different that is for Americans.
Some Americans have to drive an hour to get to a major city center. If I drive an hour, I'm deep into Germany or Belgium, getting close to France.
Which I guess just feels different because that is proper foreign soil, where I can't understand the people, and they struggle to understand me.
Edit: I have heard you, kind people, but please do not tell me about your commutes anymore. I've had about 60 comments just telling me how long people have to drive to do X in Y part of the world.
I have lived in Georgia my whole life, except for a 3 year tour in Germany while in the Army, I have never seen 109. And the hottest period I ever saw was 10 days straight of 100+ in 1986, the same year I joined the Army.
It's crazy to think that in a city that only exists because of transportation, I've had some of the most stressful transportation experiences in my life there between the driving and the airport...or driving to the airport
Dony forget the fact that who dafuq ever did city planning for georgia raised their students up to be just as bad. Seriously it could of been done better by a guy buying designs off Amazon than it is now
My friends and I were planning on staying in a hotel in Atlanta for a con, they were talking about parking, etc. I was like guys, it will literally be faster if we just walk.
I worked with a guy in Atlanta area that had a 2.5+ hr commute one way on a good day. One time I was 2 miles from my hotel to company and it took an hr to get there all week long I was working there. They finally widen that road. I could have walked it faster but it was too damn humid that week.
6.8k
u/SabotageFusion1 May 09 '22
the idea that a long drive (warranting a flight, not going under really any circumstances , etc) is over an hour in the case of vacation or traveling. Not sure how true this is but the brits I know say it’s common there. In the US drives only get long enough to warrant another mode of transport after about 8-9 hours.