It has occurred to me that there are, today, adults walking the earth who have no idea that "long distance", meaning phone calls between two people who are relatively far away from each other, was expensive, and thus made rarely, and generally was once a thing. Long distance calls were special.
Long distance meant two different cities. Maybe even the nearest major city if you lived far enough away from it. International calls were a whole other thing on top of that, almost incomprehensible.
