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A leisurely trip (media.piefed.world)

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[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 41 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 8 points 3 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

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How do people not check driving times in this modern age?

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

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.