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Europeans are shocked how massive America is (Original Post) YoshidaYui 8 hrs ago OP
Moscow to Lisbon -- 2400 miles GJGCA 8 hrs ago #1
Except one distance comprises only one country. ColoringFool 8 hrs ago #3
This is very true Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #2
Well they pay a bit more for "petrol" so it's understandable biophile 7 hrs ago #4
People are people. OC375 7 hrs ago #5
I had to explain that to an English brother Skittles 7 hrs ago #6

Sympthsical

(11,352 posts)
2. This is very true
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 05:50 PM
8 hrs ago

I had some friends coming to California on vacation from England. They were telling me their driving itinerary. It was like, "So we'll start in L.A., hop over to Yosemite in the afternoon, and then head over to S.F. to spend the night. The next day, we were planning to drive up to Portland. We haven't decided if we want to try to stay there or just head out to Seattle that night."

I sent them a map of California superimposed over England.

They changed their plans.

biophile

(1,735 posts)
4. Well they pay a bit more for "petrol" so it's understandable
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 06:18 PM
7 hrs ago

That they would complain about travel times. On the other hand, they do have much better public travel options instead of automobile travel.

Skittles

(173,883 posts)
6. I had to explain that to an English brother
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 06:48 PM
7 hrs ago
you DO understand five Englands could fit in Texas.....right?
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