Originally Posted by Scott McD

I understand that but, how often do Americans HAVE to travel long distances really? Surely most would try and find jobs which aren't a huge distance away, and family etc can't be spread all over America just because it's a "big country" ?

Even if Scotland was bigger, i'm not sure how that would affect how far i need to travel for work, or how far do my friends and family live.

Curious how many miles many people in America actually do in a week, just to try and compare it a bit better, and then we could see if you really DO pay roughly the same in cost for gas, considering we are more than double the price over here...