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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 3647073" data-attributes="member: 1">Something that gets a lot of play on the internet every time this discussion comes up.  It's a nice soundbyte, but it has no practical effect on the average person's life.The average US citizens drives 29 miles per day, accoridng to the US Dept. of Transport.  The average English citizen travels 26 miles per day, according to the UK DMV.  The distances are roughly similar.  Yes, the US is much larger.  No, US citizens do not travel across it to go to work.  typicall, they live in the same town or city as their workplace, or in a nearby suburb town - much like English citizens.I'm not making an argument - or even offering an opinion - on the fuel cost differences.   But the "we have to travel 2000 miles to get to work every day" response that this discussion invariably, repeatedly, and automatically gives rise to is a fallacy.  I've seen it on every messagebaord I've ever visited.  It comes up on FARK once every couple of weeks, it has been repeated to be ad nauseum by friends in the US.  It's usually supported by anecdotal evidence form a couple of people who maintain that they have to travel a long distance, and therefore everyone does.  Sure, there are exceptions.  They'll no doubt pop up anecdotally in this thread.  But, on average, it's the same.   For example, there are a LOT of people in New York, Chicago, etc., who travel less than 3 miles to go to work.  If that.It's not actually true.The daily distances are the same.  The fuel price differences exist, but have nothing to do with that.</blockquote>

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