British Culture: What things canyou do in the USA that you cannot in the UK?

Jeremy Miles, AmBritish.

You candrive a long way without it seeming strange.

When I moved to the US someone suggested a trip to the AntelopeValley California Poppy Reserve. They said to meet them there at 2pm. "Sure", I said.

Then I looked at a map. It was 80 miles away. 80 Miles! What kindof lunatic drives 80 miles to go to a park?

In the UK, my sister and mother lived about 120 miles away. We would go thereonce a year, at Christmas, and occasionally once in the summer. 120 milesis a LONG WAY.

We used to drive to my grandparents when I was a kid. This was 200 miles. Ittook a couple of weeks planning to make a trip that far. It was a Major Event.

Now I'm acclimatized to the American Way, I think nothing of driving a longway. We go skiing, it's about 90 miles away. I was telling my mother aboutthis. "Where do you stay?" she asked. I told her we drove homethe same day. She told me that no one, NO ONE, drives 90 miles to do something,and then drives home without staying at least a couple of days.

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有什么美国的事情是难以被英国人理解的？