How Far Is Far?

[plumtreeblossom]

And now, a clicky poll for you:


[Poll #947987]

Comments

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

It depends too much on "for how long and for what purpose?"

For an all-day event or longer, an hour's drive away is nothing.

For a half-day event, an hour (2 hours round-trip) driving is not at all a problem. I often drive that far on a Saturday for a fun event-- music gathering in Providence or Worcester, say-- where I'll be for several hours.

I will occasionally drive an hour out and an hour back for a dinner with friends on a weeknight, but it's rare-- that's pretty far to go for just dinner, so I'll only do it for friends I don't get to see much otherwise.

I drove about an hour (Medford to Auburn) to go buy my current Mac computer (at a sharp discount). So clearly I'll drive two hours round trip for a good deal. :-)

Otherwise, for any event that's shorter or less important, an hour's drive away is indeed "far away."

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

Addendum: My work commute is usually 35-to-45 minutes long, each direction. I find that to be an awfully long amount of time to spend in the car on a regular basis (prior to this job, I had several jobs in succession where I commuted via bicycle or walking or public transit). Also, each additional segment of time (the extra 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes...) seems especially irksome.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

My commute is 45-minutes each way by T, which feels not-long because I can read during it. But if I had to drive that length and focus on the driving, it would feel like an eternity, I think.