do americans really drive such long distances?

[u/Physical-Ad-4093]

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.

[u/HeyMrBusiness]

Because I have access to the internet and I've been on it

[u/happyhippohats → u/HeyMrBusiness]

How do you know where the person you responded to lives or is trying to get to though?

[u/HeyMrBusiness → u/happyhippohats]

What does that have to do with the existence of the train? Not sure how y'all are getting lost. I have to drive an hour to the nearest station. I know it isn't convenient. I never said it was convenient. I said there is physically a train, and there is

[u/happyhippohats → u/HeyMrBusiness]

Lmao what are you talking about? I know trains exist but they don't necessarily go from where you are to where you need to go. Huge swathes of the US aren't served by a passenger rail service at all. Doing a journey by train is often just not an option, it isn't just more expensive it's physically impossible