In Europe, 200km is a long distance
In the US, 200 years is a long time
In Europe, 200km is a long distance
In the US, 200 years is a long time
i constantly hear stories of Europeans who won't visit family because the drive is too long. i ask how long and they're like "20-30 minutes" lmao. it has taken me that long to get to the store in some places I have lived in the US lol
Europeans were so insistant on getting freedom of movement in the EU just to not fucking use it.
On the other hand, they would need to learn 5 languages in case they need to ask for directions on that travel.
Does that say something about European travel, or European families?
On a recent work trip to Atlanta we had an over an hour long Uber ride to go 8 miles...in the suburbs!
Like, I've driven 7 hours to kick it with the homie for the weekend.
And I hate that for me, why the fuck don't we have a nationwide high-speed rail?
I've been driving for years and I'm still in Spain.
The question is, how many states will you visit during that drive through Germany?
Yeah, the creators of the meme kind of bungled the punchline by choosing another federation as the European example. Because you literally will drive through several German states as well.
They should have chosen France or Poland, or Sweden, I think most people underestimates how big Sweden is in an European perspective.
The highlighted route is only four states compared to the six states, therefore Deutschland is bigger than USAland.
And then the Aussies show up.
I think 4 people live in that part of Australia outlined by Texas.
It's not America's fault that Australia has no frickin idea how to properly size its states
Getting in your car and being bitten by a spider that puts you in a coma for 3 years doesn't count as driving.
It's also possible to drive through about ten countries in 8 hours in Central Europe.
And I would rather be in Germany than any of those states.
Idk I'd rather be in Chicago than certain parts of Germany. Like Berlin or Munich of course are better than anywhere in the US, but small town east Germany? Yeah, I'll take the good pizza (Chicago bar style) and freshwater sea even if it comes with the drunkest drivers you ever did see
Hey, fuck you buddy!
I'm not your buddy, friend!
I'd rather eat Detroit pizza than anything served in Germany.
Clearly never had good schnitzel.
You've never had pork knuckle
Amatures.


Surely you can do better than that. NZ almost has you beat.
At least you have a road that reaches diagonally across WA. If Alaska did it would take a lot longer than that
Many of the roads across the interior are probably gravel. At least they were when I last journeyed there. The ones along the West Australian coast are paved though. They form what's called Highway 1 (or at least it used to be).
Alaska w/ an area of 1.7m sq/km or 663k sq/Freedom Units compared to Western Australia 2.5m sq/km or 975k sq/Freedom Units I'm not sure about that... But I suppose it's possible.
It's a really long drive from Utqiagvik to Ketchikan or even Proudhoe Bay to Juneau because you have to wait for climate change to make building the roads feasible
That's a beautiful resort name
The name? Sure. The hotel itself? Not so much.

Oh yeah? Well where I live I can drive for a solid 24 hours and never leave my county.
Because I live on O’ahu and I’d be driving in circles (or sitting in rush hour traffic coming from Westside into town, yeah)
Meanwhile, Texas

22 Tim's is a lot, you are right!
Finally! I was going to comment that this thread was just a dick-swinging competition. Glad you brought the pics to prove it!
Well we're talking about real countries here, not empty wilderness!
You mean like Dubuque, pop. 60k?
The path I drew for Sweden takes you via about 7 million people, with 100k+ littered cities along the way. If I were to guess the route likely has a similar population density along it as the Germany route, while being longer.
This makes Italy smaller than I thought it was tbh
what's the "highway speed" in Italy? Is it 90kph?
You should check out Western Australia. Texas is tiny in comparison.
Edit to add:

There's a joke that if you wanna piss off a Texan tell them we should cut Alaska in half and make TX the 3rd biggest state. Western Australia is still bigger though.

California is pretty similar if you’re going north to South… if you avoid commute hours. Then you’re looking at. 16 hour drive.
I think you can also drive in California in a straight line for 16 hours. I mapped it once during a slow work day lol
Yeah, I5 will take you from Mexico to Canada. And that drive across CA is long as shit when you’re going north to South.
And CA has some world-famous high-traffic spots around places like LA, which makes it even worse during commute hours.
San Diego to Oregon is, IMHO, better done as a 2 day drive. And both of those days are still going to suck.
If you're on the road, it's wise to hit peak outside of urban centers.
It’s kind of hard to avoid getting screwed around places like LA, the Bay Area, or Sacramento. You kind of have to go through them, and unfortunately, most of the side road shortcuts are no longer secrets. GPS has been offering up those shortcuts to drivers for a while now, and even the workarounds are slow.
Your best weapon is to avoid those areas during commute hours and to plan ahead.
Yeah,we did Vancouver BC to Tijuana and I think about half the drive time was going into and out of LA.
What’s with the dip down to Marfa? I mean, it would be dark by the time you go there, so I guess watch for the lights?
That's the joke. Americans say Europeans can travel 8 hours and touch x number of states but in America you don't leave any.
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