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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)
Penquin47:
...How the frak does an 8.7 mile journey take 20 minutes???
I live 20 miles from Lubbock, Texas. I consider it a 15-25 minute trip, depending on where exactly in Lubbock I'm going. Going to Amarillo (1.5 hours exactly if I hit traffic lights just right) is something I'd do for a concert if it was someone I really wanted to see.
(I know, us giant state people have no sense of scale either.)
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2011, 20:52 ---That mindset was frequent by some of my friends back in my hometown, after I moved. To them, I live in the part of the state known as "drive-by" country.
To most who live along the Lake Michigan shoreline (Milwaukee, mostly), any cities or locales between Milwaukee and Madison, or Milwaukee and Green Bay, are considered places you "drive by" on I-94 or I-43 or US 41 - and usually at 65+ MPH.
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huh, I grew up in Kenosha, and I never heard that phrase... maybe its because the people who would use it were always "driving by" us!
IlGreven:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 28 Mar 2011, 21:31 ---...How the frak does an 8.7 mile journey take 20 minutes???
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They're called "traffic jams". I'm sure they exist, but I've never seen them.
musicalsoul:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 28 Mar 2011, 20:45 ---Heh. 20 minutes. That's my daily commute to work (one-way). Heck, if I get a job elsewhere, my daily commute could be over an hour one way.
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Oh man, when I went to school in Atlanta (I live about 30 miles north of there), it took me at least 30 minutes to get down there. That's if there wasn't any traffic. Factor in rush hour and you've got me leaving my house at 7:45AM for a 9:30AM class. It was a nightmare!
Hell, it still takes me 20 minutes to get to work and the majority of my friends houses, even the ones who live pretty close... I think it's the high volume of traffic. I just can't picture someone being like "Oh yea, I'm moving to Atlanta" or "Yea, I found a place I like out in Canton" and me thinking "I'll never get to see you again!"
I agree with Faye in this comic. :-]
Sorflakne:
--- Quote ---I grew up going to a school that was 45 minutes away by bus, and about half an hour by car. And that's on the open road, not puttering around at city speed limits. You want perspective about distances, come to Australia. Down here if a journey takes less than two hours it's considered to be a short trip.
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Sounds like where I grew up in northwestern Minnesota...and 30-45 minutes is only if the roads aren't drifted over with snow or sheeted in ice (I remember being berated for not coming in to play practice one day because the roads were covered in "only" a foot of snow. we're kind of hardcore with winter). And about half the trip is on gravel road.
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