Do you think and talk in terms of travel time or travel distance?

[SaoirseS]

To me, the time it takes to travel somewhere is more relevant and useful than actual distance in miles or kilometers. For example, if someone asks me "how far" someplace is from me, my response will often be in terms of travel time: "about 30 minutes" or "just over two hours," etc.

This can drive some people nuts. My late grandmother used to ask for distance, and I would give her approximate travel team. She would often snap "I didn't ask how long, I asked how far!" As I got older, I told her if she wanted distance, my name was Saoirse, not Google Maps or Mapquest. She could look it up herself.

How about you?

[NathanDavis]

lmfao...

this reminded of my short stay in Mexico City... in which a four hours "drive" turned out to be a 2.5 miles? traveled distance

so, I do like to give guesstimates based in traffic... lol, and sometimes based on who's going to be the driver as well

[letuswaltzforthedead]

Yeah, I agree with you on this one. Long distances are annoying because of the time, an hour drive is an hour you could have spent doing something else, especially if the drive ended up being worth less than expected.

[Msputiton]

Time. It doesn't matter how far, but how long will i be in the car traveling

[SamA_nold]

I can tell you how long it will take to get somewhere, depending on traffic or whatnot.


I couldn’t even begin to tell you how far something is in terms of miles/kilometers from me.

[Andres77]

Depends on who I'm talking to.