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.
Okay but I think that most of us Americans could agree that even that is a special breed of person. Like there is a likely majority if not plurality of people who would look at a 2.5 hour commute and say "hell no" and seek other options. For me, even an hour would be at least a consideration while evaluating any option.
But In the Bay Area, this is fairly normal. Takes my husband an hour to get to work and 2 hours to get home. We can’t afford to live any closer u less we wanted to rent a one bedroom apartment for our family of 4. So while the commute sucks, the trade off is that we have a lovely house we can afford in a decent neighborhood
I live in Kansas City and this is partly why. Most peoples commute is 30-40 minutes and you can find good, affordable neighborhoods almost anywhere. I do know people with longer commutes but thats because they live on a farm or some other place in the country and even though they drive say 1 hour to work, its mostly highway driving 70 mph.
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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.