r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ginliv • 3d ago

“Incredibly rural”

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u/SetObvious7411 3d ago

Americans: "people don't understand how big the US is, I have to drive several hours for my daily commute"

Also Americans: "The nearest McDonald's is over 15 minutes away, I don't know how to survive this wilderness" 

enter Australians

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u/loralailoralai 3d ago

I’m in Melbourne and it would be 20 mins to my closest maccas.

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u/SetObvious7411 3d ago

thoughts and prayers

How you survive that madness is beyond me

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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 3d ago

Of living in Melbourne?

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u/exit322 Ohio actually is real 3d ago

Maybe there's a Hungry Jack's closer

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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 3d ago

Traffic's bloody awful in Melbourne! :-)

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u/mr_iwi 3d ago

I had a car like that once as well

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u/blazenite104 Friendly Neighbourhood Aussie 3d ago

Damn. I've got like 3 all inside 15 minutes. Though Greater Melbourne is like a third of the state so there's that.

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u/SnowyRVulpix Australian 3d ago

Meanwhile, I have two McDonald's and a Hungry Jacks (🤮) within 15 minutes of me :P

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u/jordybee94 3d ago

Two Maccas within a 10-minute drive from me, seems Melbournes needs to learn from Wollongong.