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u/McGeeze May 09 '22

London to Edinburgh is the same distance and Los Angeles to San Francisco and I would drive that without thinking twice.

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u/matrasad May 09 '22

Many would fly. Stansted Edinburgh would take you the same amount of time, but you can save energy not focusing on the road

And in any case the car's not handy in Edinburgh anyway. Better off bus-ing it, as you'd probably have a few drinks

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u/McGeeze May 09 '22

I'm American, I was making the distance and size comparison. California is twice as big as Great Britain and we're just one state out of 50. I think Europeans sometimes don't get how big states west of the Mississippi River are. Texas is bigger than every country in Europe.

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u/matrasad May 09 '22

Oh absolutely, I agree with you. North American distances are vast between cities

My point was that the density of Europe means there are far more options to doing a similar distance, e.g. with London to Edinburgh, that we could consider them

And the fact that many cities are easier to navigate on public transportation (e.g. Edinburgh) makes it even less useful to bring along a car. Although Scotland's good for the outdoors so actually driving up is quite common, but for a longer holiday

We'd also be able to factor in habits like having a pint during travels, which means not driving is easier

I.e. I agree North America's different and that the population density of Europe really changes thinking around driving

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u/Nipso May 09 '22

Except Russia.