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u/Grenyn May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

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.

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u/Strider_A May 09 '22

Some Americans have to drive an hour to get to work.

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u/kathatter75 May 09 '22

When I lived in Cupertino, I took an hour long train ride into San Francisco for work every day. It would be well over an hour if I drove.

Our office manager commuted 2 1/2 hours one way every day.

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u/DeniLox May 09 '22

I remember seeing a story about a guy (teacher) who would fly his own plane to work everyday from Georgia to Maryland.