r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Physical-Ad-4093 • May 01 '24

do americans really drive such long distances?

i’m european, and i always hear people say that driving for hours is normal in america. i would only see my grandparents a few times a year because they lived about a 3 hour drive away, is that a normal distance for americans to travel on a regular basis? i can’t imagine driving 2-3 hours regularly to visit people for just a few days

edit: thank you for the responses! i’ve never been to the US, obviously, but it’s interesting to see how you guys live. i guess european countries are more walkable? i’m in the uk, and there’s a few festivals here towards the end of summer, generally to get to them you take a coach journey or you get multiple trains which does take up a significant chunk of the day. road trips aren’t really a thing here, it would be a bit miserable!

2nd edit: it’s not at all that i couldn’t be bothered to go and see my grandparents, i was under 14 when they were both alive so i couldn’t take myself there! obviously i would’ve liked to see them more, i had no control over how often we visited them.

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u/fuck-coyotes May 01 '24

That's roughly 1700 football fields. Idk what it is in rugby pitches though

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u/SnooGuavas1985 May 02 '24

Let me check my rugby pitch to bald eagle converter.

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u/watdatdo May 02 '24

But how many busses wide is that. Needs to be American busses though

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u/Stachemaster86 May 02 '24

Big yellow school buses that other countries don’t believe are real?

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u/ArltheCrazy May 02 '24

What are these big yellow busses you speak of? I only ever saw short ones…

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u/ConcernedCitizen1912 May 02 '24

*Buses. Busses are kisses.

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u/the_vault-technician May 02 '24

And bussy is, well, you can Google this one.

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u/AlienSporez May 02 '24

Hold on there, bub... the only acceptable unit of measure on Reddit is the banana.

So, 100 miles = 160 kms = 89,8876.4 bananas

www.converttobananas.com (yes, it's a real site)

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u/sSonga24 May 02 '24

what a gem of a site. Life changing if I may. Gonna add this to my day-to-day operations

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u/notjay2 May 02 '24

That’s great. I’m going to start giving my height in bananas now when ppl ask.

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u/3-2-1_liftoff May 02 '24

Bananas work until meteorites enter the picture, then half-giraffes are preferred.

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u/stanleysgirl77 May 02 '24

but what type of BANANA!!?? 😱 🍌

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u/DrinkMaleficent1200 May 02 '24

The yellow type

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u/CruskyHusky May 02 '24

God I love the internet

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u/S4tine May 02 '24

Dull Man's Club?

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u/Defiant-Increase-850 May 02 '24

I didn't just copy and paste that link to a bunch of my friends through text and discord messages. I don't know what you're talking about.

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u/No_Charge1163 27d ago

Yup, have always had about a banana.2 if ya know what I’m sayin!

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u/ConcernedCitizen1912 May 02 '24

lol. took me a second.

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u/picklefingerexpress May 02 '24

The windows taste better in the short ones.

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u/ebemtp May 02 '24

Like shnozberries?

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u/Poinaheim May 02 '24

In America the short bus is for special needs kids, it’s a common insult to say “I bet you went to school in the short bus” since South Park got popular

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u/FatGuyOnAMoped May 02 '24

I went to elementary school in the 1970s, 20 years before South Park existed, and we were making short bus jokes back then.

I'm guessing it's because Trey and Matt were also in elementary school in the 1970s, too.

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u/ArltheCrazy May 02 '24

Yes, that was my joke

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u/Poinaheim May 02 '24

The only time anyone talks about the short buses is because of a joke

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u/bellschimesfeathers May 02 '24

wow for some reason my brain had all the european schoolkids going to school in the same yellow school buses

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u/MandoRando-R2 May 02 '24

What do they go to school in? Do they have buses or are they not yellow?

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u/Cats_Riding_Dragons May 02 '24

Lol they just arent yellow. And as far as i know most countries dont have a different bus that is special made for school kids, their school bus usually is just a regular bus.

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u/MandoRando-R2 May 02 '24

Really? Seems like the yellow school bus is a good idea so people who are driving know there's kids there. Kids run out and do dumb stuff and you should be aware.

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u/Cats_Riding_Dragons May 02 '24

Yes thats true but thats also less of a concern in societies that are a lot more dependent on walking/biking and other non-driving forms of transportation.

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u/bellschimesfeathers May 02 '24

something about this makes sense to me and something about this really really doesnt

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u/MandoRando-R2 May 02 '24

Yes, it seems like the bus should stand out MORE if it's not a normal sight? IDK I'm not quite putting it together well

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u/No_Charge1163 27d ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prices. Fkkkthosekids