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How far away from family do you live? (discuss.online)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The US tends to be a lot more spread out than Europe and the rest of the world. It seems like we're also more likely to move long distances for jobs and the like.

I'm pretty close to most family, 10 to 40 minute drives for everyone that doesn't live out of state

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I moved over a thousand miles away at 18 and haven't lived any closer than that in the decades since.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That sounds very intentional?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Yep. They aren't the worst people but they aren't great and I didn't want that BS in my life. I also wasn't much of a fan of the place I grew up so going somewhere far away and completely different wasn't a difficult decision.