Posted July 18th, 2005 @ 08:27am by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: What percentage of the people you consider "friends" live within 50 miles of you?
My Answer: 10%. One out of ten. That's about it.
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Posted 20 Jul 2005 at 8:04am #
I would estimate 95%, but Massachusetts is pretty small. And although I've lived in about 15 different apartments since I graduated high school, they've all been somewhere in Massachusetts.
Posted 21 Jul 2005 at 4:29am #
My answer: about the same number that live within 7500km of me 😉 -- maybe 10% going by number of Japanese addresses in AddressBook Friends list to non-Japan addresses.
Most live in British Columbia, Canada, followed by Yucatan State, Mexico, then California, USA. My furthest friend would be 18,300km away, in Buenos Aires, Argentina and second-furthest 10,000 away in St.-Junien, France. It'd be nice to be able to hang out with family and friends on the weekend, though having iChat is a fantastic improvement over expensive phone bills.
I'd be curious as to how others deal with communication with friends in far-away places.