Posted on 02/06/2015 6:39:07 AM PST by C19fan
Many Europeans have no concept of time / distance in the US. When I mentioned that I can leave my home, drive at highway speeds 8 hours due east and have only crossed one state / provincial border, they are absolutely floored.
What really blows their mind is when I tell them that there a places here in Colorado in the National wilderness areas where one can travel to and be at least an hours drive away from another human being.
It explains why the first states are generally so small; European settlers had no idea how “unaggressive” their original land claims were.
I once considered launching a one-man campaign to correct everyone who misused loose/lose. Then I realized it's just easier to change the dictionary.
I should have been specific, “people from small, western European countries” as they are the only people I have heard talk about the size of the US.
If I recall correctly the London Bridge is in Arizona, has been for about 30 years now.
LOL!
I'm not sure that's even possible if you were OK with spending ten minutes on each attraction. I started to work out how long it would take and then remembered the time difference and...well, forget it. If you were going Smithsonian--> Grand Canyon and had unlimited money to spend (realistically, no SR-71s) you could possibly manage a short visit to both in one day. Not enough time to actually SEE anything really, but you could say that you'd done it. :-)
When you’re down on your luck
And you aint got a buck
In London you’re a goner
Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river.
“People from Europe especially UK don’t have ANY idea just how big the US is.”
I lived in Europe for a couple of years, during my Army service. My wife, daughter and I drove to nine countries. It was a long two day drive, from our South German town to my wife’s ancestral villages on the south Adriatic coast of Italy.
I grew up in part in the great expanses of the American West.
I have met a number of Europeans, who made it a point to travel all across North America, by car. So I guess I disagree with your claim.
One such was a distant cousin, originally from the Maritimes of Canada, who now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland due to marriage.
He was in my West Coast beach town a few years back, to visit relatives, having driven all the way across America.
Conclusion: I have met a number of travelers from Europe, who decide they best way to visit and see America is by car, and they say they love it all.
lol - I do indeed.
It’s cute that you believe that.
Well when you’re down on your luck and you ain’t got a buck in London you’re a gon’er\
Even London Bridge has fallen down and moved to Arizona, now I know why
—London Homesick Blues, aka Austin City Limits theme,
Jerry Jeff Walker and the Lost Gonzo Band feat Gary P Nunn
Canada plus the US slightly exceed Russia in area as it is now. They would still fall short of the old USSR though.
“People from Europe especially UK don’t have ANY idea just how big the US is”
Says here just shy of 3.7 million square miles, behind Russia, Canada and China. That about right?
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