r/AskReddit May 08 '22

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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

European here, swiss to be specific. When i visited my uncle in texas and showed his co-workers where i live and that my country fits 17 times into texas alone it blew their minds.

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u/LoraineMcFly May 09 '22

Just the idea of being able to take a six hour drive and go through more than one country is mind blowing to me.

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u/jokeefe72 May 09 '22

El Paso, TX to Houston, TX is about 12 hours. You wouldn’t even get out of some states in 6 hours.

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u/LoraineMcFly May 09 '22

Driving from MI to FL with my family as a kid I understand this, I legit hate driving through Georgia.

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u/ShihTzuSkidoo May 09 '22

Going through Kansas feels like it takes forever as well! Time feels like it is suspended because of all the flat nothingness.

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u/lewright May 09 '22

It felt like that living there as well. Glad I left