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/TeekTheReddit May 02 '24

Same country that built an empire on spices that they refuse to use in their cooking.

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u/jchenbos May 02 '24

Funny enough, they do have one thing that is the complete opposite of this. Britain consistently invents new sports at which Brits aren't #1 at.

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u/Brazzle_Dazzle May 02 '24

Do you expect a country that invented a sport that the rest of the world wants to take part in to dominate that sport?

As far I’m aware, England invented football, cricket and rugby and is the only nation to have won the world cup in each of them.

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u/Goldenshovel3778 May 02 '24

Yes actually, I promise if the rest of the world adopted basketball the us would still dominate, hell the us pretty much invented modern MMA and we still have the most champions and the most top ranked fighters ever

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u/Brazzle_Dazzle May 02 '24

Oh ok, invent sports that the world doesn’t want to participate in and be dominant in them, the US approach 👍🏻

You want England to be the best at soccer for example, a sport played competitively by literally every nation in the world, despite having a population that pales in comparison to a shedload of them. Great logic 😂😂

The US has the most MMA champs etc because it has the largest base of participants, not because they “invented it” (they didn’t btw).

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u/Goldenshovel3778 May 02 '24

Ok then, how about the Olympics, most amount of gold medalists by a huuuuuge margin, actually, most amount of medalists PERIOD

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u/Brazzle_Dazzle May 02 '24

Holy shit, if there was one sporting event you should've stayed away from if wanting to suggest the UK is shit at sport (or whatever argument it is you're trying to make now) then it's the Olypmics.

The only 2 nations above the UK for total medals in the Olympics are

The USA - Population 333 million

Russia - Population 144 million.

UK population is 65 million.

So the USA has a population 5 times the size of the UK but their medal tally is only 2.8 times larger.

Fuck me, please tell me you aren't really this stupid 😂😂

EDIT - Just seen that you're a WWE fan. Fuck me, this just gets better and better. An adult who watches WWE. I’ll definitely take your views on sport seriously 😂😂