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50 miles won't even get you out of Texas in most of Texas. The rest of what you said is fine though.
50 miles might not even get you from one county to another. Land mass size Texas is close to the whole of Europe.
That is so wrong, you must be from the US.
Texas Landmass: 261,232 sq mi (676,587 km2)
Europe: 3,930,000 sq mi -> Europe is 15x the Size of Texas.
Size of European Countries
TLDR: Texas is the size of France + BeNeLux + Swiss. No Germany, No Spain, No Poland, No Italy, No Sweden, Norway or Finland...
If Texas size is "close to the whole of Europe" and Europe is bigger than the US, Texas must be bigger than the US. Crazy.
You know what they say, "everything is bigger in Texas." Including how Texans view Texas.
You know what they say “Always Mess with Texas”
TX only includes countries they've heard of when discussing Europe. ;)
Texas is about the size of Ukraine or France, not the whole continent.
Given how most Texans drive their compensating trucks, 50 miles feels like 2500.
True, but it might get you far enough that you aren't "home", and might be "invading" a neighbouring city.
But I agree, it's a weakly relevant datapoint, but the only other travel data I could find was that 250k texans fly for Thanksgiving, which was even less useful.
I'm honestly baffled, how do you set policy, have informed debate or even identify business opportunities with so little reliable data?
You with what feels right.