When I tell American that it takes 6 hours of highway driving to leave my state they are flabbergasted. after 4 hours they might be in the same part of the country but they have probably crossed a few state lines.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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I live in Alabama, and it takes a little over 6 hours of interstate travel at roughly 70mph to get to Florida, 5.5 hours if you just don’t stop at all. I can hit Georgia in about 2.5 hours. There is no reason to go to Mississippi, so I don’t know. And I think it’s about like 4.5 hours to Tennessee, but once again not many reasons to go there so I’m not sure.
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EhehehahahahhAhahaAHAHAHAHAH!
TRY 12 HOURS NON-STOP MOTHERFUCKER. IT TAKES 12 HOURS TO GET FROM ONE SIDE OF MY STATE TO THE NEXT AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 75MPH/120KM/H TO 90MPH/144KM/H
No, seriously, it's literally over 1,300km (approx 800mi) between Texarkana and El Paso (I believe that's the straight-line distance; it honestly takes longer than 10-ish hours to get from one side to the other without stopping for food, gas or bathrooms). You were probably talking to people from the tiny far-northern states.
I'm guessing Australia?
Really depends on where you are in the US. Northeast, yeah, the states there are relatively small. It takes 3.5 hours on an interstate highway to cross Ohio, a "middle-sized" state. Switch to state roads, and that time frame goes up dramatically.
Yeah Australia is slightly different to the US in that it's huge but there are very few people living here. Take the largest state: Western Australia which is literally 4 times the size of Texas. But do people drive from Adelaide (capital of South Australia) to Perth (capital of Western Australia)? No, not generally. It takes 28 hours of non-stop driving. And the thing is, there is hardly anything in between. This means you have to be careful about fuel stops and maybe even have a satellite phone. Look up the Nullarbor Plain of you're interested.
People "from the country" might drive several hours to visit relatives and you might drive 3-4 hours to go to a camping/holiday destination, but if you're headed to another major city, you are most likely going to fly.
The closest other capital city to Adelaide is Melbourne but that's still ~8 hours away by car. But there is a really nice scenic route called the Great Ocean Road which you would usually do over a a few days.
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Slow your roll 'muricans. I got off a plane in Massachusetts and now I have to order my breakfast sandwich on whatever the fuck a bulkie is instead.
Driving 2 hours in the UK doesn't really get you anywhere either.
Not a straight road in that country.
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2 hours? 30 minutes in some places.