BillSaysThis,
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American Reds, do you think there’ll be more games announced? Two seems two too few to me.

Please boost for reach.

30yrdscreamer,
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@BillSaysThis how far would you travel to see ? I presume many USA fans make long journeys to get the chance to see them live?

mlawton,
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@30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis I think my family is going to try to go to the United game in SC, which for me is about a 5-hour drive.

I'm just glad to see they scheduled it after Euro 2024.

mlawton,
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@30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis and that's 2 weeks before the start of the season, so while I'd expect a west coast game, I don't know how close they'll cut it.

BillSaysThis,
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@mlawton @30yrdscreamer I flew from SF to Boston in 2012 but flying from Hawaii to the East Coast is a bit more than I’m probably up for.

mlawton,
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@BillSaysThis @30yrdscreamer yeah, that's a lot!

30yrdscreamer,
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@mlawton that's a long old drive. I've only been to USA once and was genuinely surprised how bloody big it is. I'm still a bit surprised now.

mlawton,
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@30yrdscreamer we are a driving culture, even if I don't love long drives. I wish we had better public transportation. I'd love to hop on a train for the majority of the trek. We have trains, but the schedules are anemic and the expense is unjustifiable.

5 hours used to be my threshold in the choice to drive or fly, although that's probably moved with airfare being more expensive. Flying a family of four ain't cheap!

mike,
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@30yrdscreamer @mlawton For some reason, this struck me as extremely funny.

Anyway, here's California superimposed on the whole UK.

30yrdscreamer,
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@mike @30yrdscreamer @mlawton coincidentally me and my lad have been looking at something similar this week. True map sizes are mind blowing

https://s3.amazonaws.com/thetruesize.com/mockup.html#?borders=1~Mw)

mlawton,
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@30yrdscreamer @mike oh, that is a cool site! If you think California is big, try out Alaska...

https://s3.amazonaws.com/thetruesize.com/mockup.html#?borders=1~MA~!US*NjkyOTY2OQ.MTk3ODI3NzU)MQ)

mlawton,
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@mike @30yrdscreamer wild, isn't it? And it's shocking that the economies of both are pretty much equivalent.

Jonnojohnson,
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@mlawton @30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis We'll have a big group coming from Austin. I've done Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, & New Haven. The games don't matter but the craic is mighty

mlawton,
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@Jonnojohnson @30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis We saw Chelsea play in July 2022 in Charlotte, NC because it was "close"... 3 hours.

It was indeed loads of fun. And we didn't know it at the time, but losing in penalties to the worst team in MLS was an omen that Tuchel was a dead man walking and Chelsea would be lousy. If I'd known, I'd have enjoyed it all the more! 😉

Jonnojohnson,
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@mlawton @30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis I've found the games to be very meaningless in terms of the season to come. This summer should be about celebrating the victories of this season and making sure everyone in this side of the pond understands that we're the best fanbase in the world

Jonnojohnson,
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@mlawton @30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis Boston was absolutely brilliant. We absolutely took over the neighborhood around Fenway. The TAW event at House of Blues was magnificent

mlawton,
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@Jonnojohnson @30yrdscreamer @BillSaysThis In the FSG backyard. And Boston is a really fun city anyway. If you do travel to SC for the United game, let me know.

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