• QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    I sadly see this all the time unironically. Met a German family who arrived in North Carolina with plans to go to Disney Land. Not World. Land

    “Isn’t California just on the other side of the country?”

    Yeah it is

    • ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      The way I try to communicate it is to ask them to imagine someone taking a vacation to the whole EU, because America is much closer in scale to that

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        America is pretty unique in size. If you’re used to shorter trips even overestimating wouldn’t be half the drive through america. Especially Europeans as a long drive is anything over 20m when its measured in hours they’re considering booking accommodations for sleep and such. The perception of time is incredibly different.

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          European here, although our countries are smaller. 20 mins is quite obviously a short drive.

          UK is pretty small but it still takes 7 Hours to get from Glasgow to london and I can’t imagine anyone booking overnight accommodation for that drive. That’s two major cities with 100% motorway/freeway driving, I haven’t even brought up Cornwall.

          I drive 5h for family within England on a monthly basis.

          Your comment is naive.