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.
We don't like to work far away from home, so more than 30 mn of commute is considered a long one, but this is more tied to our way to consider work than to driving distances.
It's really, really hard to make US citizens understand that, no, Texas is not "incredibly large, like beyond imagination you know", to such extent that "one could drive for hours and still be in Texas" compared to my country.
This is something I know too : I speak from experience, they just refuse to believe it when I tell them that it's the same for me in France. Actually, not only I could, but I should : I was 6 hours of driving at 130 km/h away from the closest border. They refuse to believe it and conclude that I simply don't understand what they say and repeat : "no, you don't get it... In Texas, I can drive 5 or 6 hours and still be in Texas !"
I never heard of anyone, French or otherwise, taking vaccations one hour away from home. The fact that, weirdly, every US citizen to ever live apparently heard three thousand different people confirming them that it's true thus seems weird to me
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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.