Europeans: METRIC MAKES EVERY MEASUREMENT COMPREHENDABLE
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Haha yes!
I remember travelling to family in Canada and asking if we could go to Disneyland. In Florida.
Disney Land is in California.
World is in Florida
Shows what my 12 year old mind knows.
It takes like a week to drive from NY to CA.
Realistically 4 days with ~12 hour drives will get you there including lunch and gas stops.
Something like NY - Toledo - Omaha - SLC - SF
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
Shout out the 1 hour 45 minute drive from JFK to just over the bridge into Jersey
Holy crap, just shoot me out a cannon, I'll get there sooner or die, either is preferable
Fly into Newark. Nobody in nj uses JFK or laguardia.
Or just save being put in an ICE facility and go visit Canada and not be put in an ICE facility.
Edit typo
The dream could be realized if America actually had high speed rail, but that would require investing our taxes into real infrastructure instead of state-sponsored terrorism.
Yeah no, even a jet couldn't get those travel times. Or when people plus them.
In America, 100 years is a long time
In Europe, 100 miles is a long distance
Tf is a mile, bruv? Don't come in 'ere with these nonsensical made up freedom units
Miles originated in Britain, so talk to them about their made-up nonsense.
At least they were eventually willing to give up the imperial system. I still don't understand why Americans never got on board with metric; it's so much easier.
If I remember my conversions right then a mile is 5280 kilometers. I hope that helps explain why Europeans would fear such a distance!
Vegas sucks though.
My brother went to college in upstate NY in the 80’s and made friends with a girl who was born & raised in Manhattan. One weekend, in all seriousness, she suggested taking the subway to the Grand Canyon.
80's
'80s
8'0s
I bet I know who she voted for
Don't do it, America sucks right now.
Ah, a meme from a simpler time. Now the first thing I think of is how long the stay in Guantanamo Bay will be.
Out of curiosity, I put the route in Google Maps to see how long each leg would take. 20 hrs., 37 hrs., 5 hrs.
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Multiply those time estimates by about 20.
Had a friend from SE Asia that wanted to visit me in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She found a flight to Canada alright. To VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. She asked if I could come pick her up if I wasn't too busy.
Lol.
Sure, I'll be there in 3 days, you'll probably want to get some food while you wait.
The driver will need a nap at the end. I think it can be 72 hours if one doesn't sleep.
According to Google Maps, it's about 56 hours. Can't quite squeeze it into two days, but you could get close. If you're able to sustain 50% over the speed limit, you could maybe do it in 48 hours, with fuel refills.
3? I had a few crewmates cross the country in about 5 and they said that was a gruelling task that they should have slowed down for.
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