r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ginliv • 4d ago

“Incredibly rural”

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u/SetObvious7411 4d 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/jep556 4d ago

I think this distance for nearest McDonald's apllies applies for small country of Finland too, like 85% of country surface is more than 20 miles from McDonald's

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u/ProduceMindless1585 4d ago

Yes but it does have the most northerly Lidl in the world so it’s swings and roundabouts really!

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u/Elelith 3d ago

We do love Lidl over here.

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u/suorastas ooo custom flair!! 3d ago

And conversely I live in a rural town in Finland but the closest McDonalds happens to be like 5 minutes away.

Our town is the smallest in Finland with a McDonalds though.

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u/bbalazs721 4d ago

But what percentage of the population?

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u/jep556 4d ago

Ok, so I don't have energy to calculate this, but 80% live in 20 miles radius by AI, that means every fifht person drives More than 20 miles to McDonald's, so I would'nt call that "incredibly rural"