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View Poll Results: Distance from your home to the nearest foreign country?
Less than 30 miles (50 km) 33 21.43%
30-100 miles (50-160 km) 45 29.22%
100-300 miles (160-500 km) 40 25.97%
300-500 miles (500-800 km) 21 13.64%
500-1000 miles (800-1600 km) 8 5.19%
1000-2000 miles (1600-3200 km) 7 4.55%
More than 2000 miles (3200 km) 0 0%
Voters: 154. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-15-2012, 01:28 PM
 
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283 miles or about 455 km to the British Columbia border. About a 5-6 hour drive.
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Old 11-15-2012, 01:30 PM
 
Location: Brisbane
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I selected the 1000 to 2000 mile one. To my surprise The correct answer is 500 to 1000. Its 914 miles between brisbane and New Caladonia.

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Old 11-15-2012, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Usually, about 40km (25 miles) to Slovakia.

Now (Turku, Finland) during my exchange semester, it's between 150 and 200km (~78 miles) to both Estonia and Sweden (mainland) and 290km to Russia.
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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7 Miles (11 kilometers) from Canada. Yet I've only ever been to Canada less than a handful of times and most recently was probably 10 years ago.
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:27 PM
 
Location: FIN
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Mainland Sweden is less than 200 km away, Russian border is less than 400 km to the east.

Some random tourist might not believe it at first, a 45 minute drive to the west will result in every local speaking swedish, which shows most every way, such as street signs. People there used to, and i guess still have huge TV antennas on top of every roof, in order to copy swedish TV and radio.
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:34 PM
 
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Im in st.louis so the nearest boundary is 877.00 miles away in Texas. At least i think so
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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International border..
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Old 11-15-2012, 05:14 PM
 
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International border..
That's what we're talking about, yes...

And your point is?
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Old 11-15-2012, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Paris
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181 km flying distance to Belgium, 198 km by car.
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Old 11-15-2012, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Scotland
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100 miles from England.
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