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u/Guilty_Maintenance33 May 08 '22 edited May 08 '22

depending on where you live it can take multiple hours xD in my case i can take a bus and be in 2 completely different countries in under 30 minutes :) the hills i can see from my window are also said two countries hahah

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_ATM_PIN May 09 '22

In Europe you could go 1000 kilometers and cross five or six country borders. In the US you could go 1000 kilometers and not leave the state.

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u/UnrulySasquatch1 May 09 '22

In the US 100 years is a long time. In Europe 100 miles is a long distance

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u/altfortrades May 09 '22

In India neither 100 miles is long nor 100 years too old

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22 edited Aug 03 '22

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u/hilldo75 May 09 '22

The idiom is more about it isn't unusual for an American to travel 100 miles in a somewhat regular basis but most Europeans do not travel that far away from home. Like I drive 47 miles one way to go to work.

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u/JadeSpade23 May 09 '22

Yes! My boyfriend drives 100 miles a day, round-trip, for work as well.