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First, the USA is a giant country. It takes about four hours to drive from New York to Philadelphia and two weeks to drive from New York to Los Angeles.
Second, crime can vary wildly in the same city.
It so does not take four hours to drive from NY to Philly.
Are you driving a horse?
Two weeks is an exaggeration... it's roughly a 40 hour drive. I find 10 hour driving days to be quite reasonable, so 4 days.
But, your point is valid... big country, different places will have different danger levels. Within my own city, there are areas I would feel OK leaving the front door unlocked, and other areas where I absolutely would not.
Yeah, I did western Tennessee to northwest Washington in 2 days.
... I regretted it, but I did it.
The US is as big as Europe.
Consider how many cultures are living there.
It's quite comical to say "The US" implying they are one homogenous culture everywhere.
Reminds me of a joke, A Texan and a Carolinian rancher meet in a bar. The Texan says "Yessir, it takes me two days to drive my pickup truck across my ranch." The Carolinian says "Yeah I had a truck like that, but I got it fixed."
Two weeks is about how long I took when I made that trip, but I did some sightseeing on the way. Also even on the longest day I donβt think I drove for 10 hours in one day.
I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.
Same thing.
Big city. Lock.
Small town. Maybe lock.
Rural area. Never lock.
I believe Trumptopia is about the same size physically as Australia.
You know, you could get a 'search engine' like AskJeeves or Bing and then you'd know for sure.
USA 9.83 square km
Aus 7.69 square km.
wow both under 10 square km, I have been navigating way wrong my whole life apparently.
Yeah nah cunt. You don't include Alaska in that as it's pulling a lot of weight.
Contiguous US is 8.08. Still slightly larger than Australia but only byy a dick hair.
This is the most Australian argument I've read, I even read it in my best Australian accent.
Some of my inspiration for my internal Australian accent include:
"Fosters, Australian for beer!"
"That's not a knife, THIS is knife!"
"I'm dry as a dead dingo's donger"
Fun fact: if by some miracle you find Fosters anywhere Australia, if you actually buy it and drink it, you get instantly deported to Manus Island because you're clearly not from around here. Or worse, a pome.
Good to know! I've never bought it in any capacity, I am sure I've heard that sentiment about the 'beer' way back in it's heyday, as well. I'm just in it for the accent.
Pretty close then. Interesting. Thanks for the stats.
You say that, but you can fit a Saudi Arabia in there.
Weβre kind of getting away from the point that how long it takes to drive somewhere has zero to do with whether you lock your door.
oh I might disagree believe leaving doors unlocked is more common when the nearest neighbor is a mile and a half away but maybe I'm wrong
Kind of? Its a discussion about the size of the United States, and how it is impossible to speak for the entirety. I won't give you a play by play on the posts you just read, but it is all relevant to the discussion at hand.
the drive time was to illustrate scale.
While it doesn't matter how big a whale is vs a microbe, you can't put a whale under a normal microscope, thus the distinction is relevant.
The US is significantly larger than Australia and has ten times the population.
It's not significantly larger. Lots of people though.
20% larger is significant.
Is it though?
Significantly?
Hhmmmm
Yes?
Being leisurely sure. But RI to CA can be done in a weekend if youβre in a hurry