There’s another layer of joke to the meme that Midwesterners would rather drive 20 hours than go through all of the trouble of flying or taking a train.
Granted I’ve mostly encountered that sentiment outside of the large cities where to fly or take the train would also involve driving for 2-4 hours then figuring out long term parking and then transfer all of your stuff for the train/flight, endure all of the delays of taking a plane/train and then there’s a solid chance the destination is also car centric as heck so then you have to borrow/rent a car at the destination, and rapidly the cost both monetarily and in time starts making a lot of sense to road trip
There’s another layer of joke to the meme that Midwesterners would rather drive 20 hours than go through all of the trouble of flying or taking a train.
Granted I’ve mostly encountered that sentiment outside of the large cities where to fly or take the train would also involve driving for 2-4 hours then figuring out long term parking and then transfer all of your stuff for the train/flight, endure all of the delays of taking a plane/train and then there’s a solid chance the destination is also car centric as heck so then you have to borrow/rent a car at the destination, and rapidly the cost both monetarily and in time starts making a lot of sense to road trip