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How QC and webcomics generally relate to the real USA
bhtooefr:
It's over 2 hours to either of the nearest Amtrak depots in my case as well. To get to Amtrak without driving oneself, and without bumming a ride from a friend requires:
Vanshare to Columbus
Greyhound to either Cincinnati or Cleveland (depending on which route you want - Cleveland's route goes to Chicago to the west, or Pittsburgh, then DC to the east, Cincinnati's route goes to Indianapolis then Chicago to the west, or DC then NYC to the east)
And, the vanshare is of course set up around commuter schedules and not someone trying to travel somewhere as a one-off.
pwhodges:
I renamed the thread to maintain a pretence that's it's still on track... :psyduck:
Boomslang:
I'm out in Oregon, so a lot of the east coast stuff seems weird. We do have a lot of Amtrak around here- every city of any size has one, but that is admittedly because they're so far apart. Rather than light rail, we've got bus systems, and while there's nothing stopping the occasional obvious schizophrenic from making it uncomfortable, almost everyone rides it occasionally if only to save on gas and parking.
And out west, the '100 miles is a short distance, 100 years is a long time' rings very true. We've only been a state for 154 years. And with regards to density, the best comparison I came up with when talking to folks from the UK is that Oregon is more than three times the size of Scotland (255,026 km2 compared to 78,387 km2) and with a lot fewer people (3,970,239 and 5,327,700). If someone from the UK thinks that Scotland is an empty, desolate bit of countryside (and several I've talked to described it roughly in those terms) imagine it with even more space between where people live.
Oilman:
Ah, but Oregon isn't symbolised (in some people's minds, at least) by an Australian, pretending to be an American, depicting a wholly fictitious version of a Scot....
Pilchard123:
Wut?
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