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Re:Why Japan has so many ‘never travelers’ by positr0n on Friday August 18, 2023 @08:36AM (#37174790)
I live Dallas area, Texas. The whole area is commonly referred to as "North Texas".

A common vacation is to drive to the mountains in Colorado, a state to the north west.

To even get out of Texas from my house is an 8 hour, 500 mile (800k km) drive. It is crazy how big the US is.

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Re:Why Japan has so many ‘never travelers’ by bombcar on Friday August 18, 2023 @08:40AM (#37174843)
Texas is big even for the USA; and I believe you can find almost every possible biome there (except polar perhaps) without leaving the state. Whereas some Eastern states are so small that the majority of people leave and return every week.
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Re:Why Japan has so many ‘never travelers’ by red-iron-pine on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:12AM (#37175867)
California and Texas are big enough that you can drive for a whole day and never leave the state; Rhode Island is small enough that you can bike your way out of the state in a few hours.
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