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Am american. do not understand. live in a state that is 1000 miles wide.
The size difference is getting to me too lol
I used to drive a 200 mile round trip weekly to visit home while I was in college.
Houston to East Texas is a fun drive.
I had a german professor once remark to me about how different Americans are, like hundreds of miles is a day trip, hundreds of miles is a week long trip by car. Bet the trains are awesome though. Amtrak long distances seems way too expensive relative to my other options when factoring in time.
"An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; an American thinks a hundred years is a long time."
Your professor said it the best way possible. I'll remember that saying to help explain it all in the future if needed to others.
I had a professor who loved Amtrak and would talk about his travels every month or so. He mentioned the price too as an issue. I definitely want to experience a train ride on Amtrak one day on an overnight trip.
Houston isn't East Texas?
East Texas is more when it gets woody and Louisiana-lite. Houston is sorta on the edge.
Lufkin/Carthage/Nacogdoches/Tyler is more east Texas than Houston.
Thanks. From MT everything east of the rockies is Eastern MT (or as we call it, West Dakota).
A 1000 mile radius does cover a chunk of the US. Centered on Denver it covers basically everything west of Michigan (excl Alaska and Hawaii of course).
https://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?lat=39.739236&lng=-104.984862&r=1609340