Dear Americans, please put driving distances into perspective for me, please.
We live in a small European country where I'm pretty sure we perceive distances very differently. I am very curious:
What would you consider a conformable distance (in hours) to go for a weekend trip with a toddler?
How far would the grandparents have to live for you to consider it 'close'?
How long are you willing to drive your child to leave them with grandparents and pick up the same day?
What's the max trip you'd be willing to do with a toddler in a car in one day?
Thanks!
Edit: I often find myself swearing in a 'traffic jam' and then I count my blessings thinking it's probably considered a low trafic day in places like LA or Miami (from what I see here on reddit). And when I'm dreading an hour long drive I remind myself that that's often how long it takes someone to get to work. We just came back from visiting grandma (1 week) 6.5hrs away (8h with stops) and I'm like OOOF this was SOMETHING but then again, I thought, maybe that's a weekend trip for someone in US/Canada/Australia, people probably do this all the time haha.
Thank you everyone! As I suspected, it's very interesting to read your answers and I should definitely be more brave and go on more trips!