• RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, you could just post like, a map of New Hork and maybe DC and be like “Europers think this is the US.”

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      I had coworkers from Europe visiting the U.S. asking for advice on places to go that thought you could hit New York, Disney World, New Orleans, and San Francisco in a long weekend renting a car.

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        Best story like this, my aunt has famiky from Sweeden, she barely sees them, but they came to visit them in her home in Indiana.

        Then they wanted to just, bop on over to visit my cousin (Aunt’s daughter), who lived in Colorado at the time.

        Like, this isn’t Europe where everything is a 3-4 hour drive or train ride away… Indiana to Colorado is like a 17 hour drive.

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          I had to explain to an Indian co-worker that San Francisco and San Jose are still an hour apart, minimum, and that going to San Diego is a whole ass 8 hours if you’re lucky.

          I had similar news when he was planning a visit to Austin and asked about the Texas Coast

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      i mean it’s not like it’s even feasible to visit most other parts of the US, you kinda have to go to a big city unless you enjoy spending your vacation driving for hours on end…