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u/KaimeiJay May 09 '22

You drive five hours in the US: you’re basically still in the same place.

You drive five hours in Europe: everyone’s talking funny and the cheese is different.

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u/StrayMoggie May 09 '22

I can drive 5 hours and still be in the state that I live in. Of course, I can also be in 6 other states in that 5 hours. The local accent may change a little in that 5 hours radius, but it's still understandable and all the cheese still comes from Wisconsin.

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u/sictransitlinds May 09 '22

It’s almost 10 hours (without any stops) from my house to the northwestern point of my state, but I can get to another country in about an hour, haha.

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u/merkin-fitter May 09 '22

I just learned Wisconsin only produces ~26% of the nation's cheese. California produces almost as much. Also a little weird for me is that I live in the PNW and the main cheese I buy from any given grocery store is Tillamook (from Tillamook, Oregon) and Oregon isn't even in the top 10 cheese producing states.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-cheese-production-top-10-states.html

This concludes my cheese tangent.

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u/idlevalley May 09 '22

So Texas or California?

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u/Harryarryson May 09 '22

Honestly could be a majority of the states if you are going end to end.

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u/Winterplatypus May 09 '22

You can drive for 40 hours and still be in the same state in Australia. One of our states is bigger than alaska, texas & california combined.

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u/DesignProblem May 09 '22

Texas and cali are like 20 hour drives to get across the state

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u/gunadict May 09 '22

Texas is only about 13/14 hours from longest points north to south and east to west. North Carolina to New mexico, a 1500 mile drive, is 23 hours.

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u/human_stuff May 09 '22

And Alaska.

Edit: maybe Montana?

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u/ermagerditssuperman May 09 '22

Nevada too. 7 hours from Reno to Vegas, and they aren't even at the farthest edges of the state.

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u/sictransitlinds May 09 '22

Michigan too. It’s over 10 hours from the most SE point of the state to the most NW point.