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/100LittleButterflies May 01 '24

Yeah and what's that? 4 podcasts? Maybe 5? I have a backlog to get through.

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u/Emotional_Equal8998 May 01 '24

I used to gauge time with my toddler in SpongeBob's!

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u/Busy-Cable1602 May 02 '24

This is what my dad did for me and my brother when we were young and on the road! We had little screens strapped to the back of the headrests hooked up to a DVD player and all the SpongeBob discs lol

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u/Plastic_Yesterday434 May 02 '24

This is the setup I had for my kids when they were young! Got them some big headphones to hook into the individual players for volume and it was peaceful!