Santaman,
When we moved to the UK from the US we were given a book called "Brit-Think, Ameri-Think", a humorous look at the two cultures separated by a common language. There was a comment something like,
"Americans find it hugely amusing that the British consider 100 miles a long way to travel, whilst the British think it hilarious the Americans consider 100 years a long time."
Americans drive 100 miles just for ice cream, while visiting a pub in the UK that has stood for over 200, 300 or even 400 years is so ordinary that no one really remarks upon it.
Outside US cities, US driving is a lot easier and more relaxed than UK driving. 100 miles here, even on a motorway is tiring in a way it isn't in much of the US.
I was just writing an email to family friends in Kentucky and looked up how the Covid numbers were for their county, then compared it with just my part of Bedfordshire county. Both would be considered fairly rural with one large town, but their county is 466 sq.miles with just 46k people, while my part of Bedfordshire is 276sq.miles with 289k people. The cases per 100k were close, but with their county "winning" by over 100 (about 20%) more.
The relative densities make comparisons rather tricky things, not just for time and distances.
In other news I found the perfect place to walk, I can get a 2 miles paved walk, starting at my door, on a wide path, up hill/down hill with minimal chance of encountering anyone. Its just an out and back next to one of the busy roads out of town. If I cross a dual carriage way I can double the length of walk easily. I just have to not mind the noise, smell, and risk of dodging cars