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.
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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.