r/geography 2d ago

Whats the place you refer to when something is very very far Discussion

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u/zaxonortesus 2d ago

Wow… I live in Honolulu so it’s wild to think that I’m that ‘far away place’ to someone!

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u/SaddamJose 1d ago

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u/zaxonortesus 1d ago

Hey, I can see my house from there!

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u/zombuca 1d ago

You need to mow your lawn.

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u/zaxonortesus 1d ago

Joke’s on you, I live in a condo!

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u/Specimen_E-351 1d ago

Isn't Honolulu far away from pretty much everything?

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u/zaxonortesus 1d ago

I mean, the other islands are a 20 min flight, Tahiti is like 5 hours. LA is just over 5. We’ve got direct flights to Tokyo, Seoul, and Sydney… you call it far away, I call it centrally located.

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u/Specimen_E-351 1d ago

Centrally located in the middle of the ocean perhaps!

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u/thintoast 1d ago

Centrally located in the middle of nowhere.

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u/Eggersely 1d ago

A five hour flight from the nearest anything is pretty far.

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u/Will_Come_For_Food 1d ago

You just described something that’s farther away than one way everything else

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u/mustbethaMonay 1d ago

It is the most isolated population center on the globe

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u/Left_Somewhere_4188 1d ago

Broski you're in the middle of the pacific ocean you're far away for everyone

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u/Throwawaymister2 1d ago

To everyone*