The US tends to be a lot more spread out than Europe and the rest of the world. It seems like we’re also more likely to move long distances for jobs and the like.
I’m pretty close to most family, 10 to 40 minute drives for everyone that doesn’t live out of state
I moved over a thousand miles away at 18 and haven’t lived any closer than that in the decades since.
That sounds very intentional?
Yep. They aren’t the worst people but they aren’t great and I didn’t want that BS in my life. I also wasn’t much of a fan of the place I grew up so going somewhere far away and completely different wasn’t a difficult decision.